When Public Becomes Private

Abstract

Mergers, takeovers and changes in products or markets confront managers with major cultural change in their organisations. This article looks specifically at British Telecom, the different demands made on managers pre‐ and post‐privatisation and describes now management development programmes helped managers to change their style.

Citation

Smith, P.E., Barnard, J.M. and Smith, G. (1988), "When Public Becomes Private", Management Decision, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 11-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb001479