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Publication date: 1 August 1986

Denis CBE Rooke

Where better than Bristol to consider education for a prosperous industrial future. I am using the word industrial in the same sense as it is used in the concept of Industry Year

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Where better than Bristol to consider education for a prosperous industrial future. I am using the word industrial in the same sense as it is used in the concept of Industry Year, to sum up all those practical, productive and commercial endeavours which serve people's needs and generate the wealth that supports a caring society. Industry Year has focused our attention on the importance of wealth‐creation. Although it has its detractors, the theme has generally been taken up with enthusiasm by educationists. Interestingly, some clearly believe that the campaign is one designed for education alone, and not addressed to the whole “anti‐industrial culture” in society at large.

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Education + Training, vol. 28 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0040-0912

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Publication date: 27 January 2022

Suzanne J. Konzelmann, Victoria Chick and Marc Fovargue-Davies

The debate about corporate purpose is a recurring one that has re-emerged today. What should be the guiding principles of business: the pursuit of profit or a contribution to…

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The debate about corporate purpose is a recurring one that has re-emerged today. What should be the guiding principles of business: the pursuit of profit or a contribution to public interest? We trace key elements in this debate in Britain and America, from the interwar years, when John Maynard Keynes and Adolf Berle made important contributions, to the 1970s, when events ushered in a return to laissez-faire and the rise to dominance of the shareholder primacy model of corporate governance and purpose, to today. Both the earlier and the current debates are centered around whether we see business institutions as strictly private entities, transacting with their suppliers, workers, and customers on terms agreed with or imposed upon these groups, or as part of society at large and therefore expected to contribute to what society deems to be its interests. Whether current developments will ultimately produce a shift in corporate purpose akin to the one that followed the Second World War remains to be seen. But the parallels to the interwar debates, and the uncertain economic, political, and social environments in which they took place, are striking. Our objective is to see what might be learned from the past to inform the current direction of thought concerning capitalism and corporate purpose.

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The Corporation: Rethinking the Iconic Form of Business Organization
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80043-377-9

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Article
Publication date: 1 June 1976

A shortage of support‐worthy inventions resulted in the State‐backed National Research Development Corporation returning £1m of funds to the Government last year. It's an example…

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A shortage of support‐worthy inventions resulted in the State‐backed National Research Development Corporation returning £1m of funds to the Government last year. It's an example of how inflation is crippling one of Britain's most valuable resources — ideas. Alec Snobel reports.

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Industrial Management, vol. 76 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-6929

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Publication date: 12 March 2019

Luis Antonio Orozco and Olga Lucía Anzola-Morales

This paper aims to present the Colombian Alejandro López Restrepo as a classic management thinker from the first half of the twentieth century and discuss his ideas in the light…

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Purpose

This paper aims to present the Colombian Alejandro López Restrepo as a classic management thinker from the first half of the twentieth century and discuss his ideas in the light of Anglo-Saxon authors at that time and his contributions as a professor, manager and public servant.

Design/methodology/approach

Bibliographic material including López’s books and essays and their biography published by Mayor (2001) are reviewed to organize a new reading of López as a management thinker and practitioner.

Findings

Beyond several classical managerial thinkers, López reconceptualized scientific management with a critical discussion of classical economic theory using sociology and psychology to present a unique conception of work, enterprise and efficiency as a public service that gives sense to individual and social realization to face the future and create development.

Research limitations/implications

Techniques as critical biography and interpretation of data have not been used, instead the aim to contribute to the literature of management history a Latin American’ thinker.

Practical implications

Including López as a classical management thinker can improve the study of management history. His life and ideas give new reflexive insight to understand the development of management in Colombia and serve to inspire administrators to seek improvements in society.

Originality/value

The paper offers a new approach toward studying Alejandro López beyond previous sociological work by Mayor (2001) with the discussion of the contributions in the lenses of managerial practices and theoretical insights at that time.

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Journal of Management History, vol. 25 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1751-1348

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Article
Publication date: 1 June 1989

MPE Ltd the engineering, electronic power supply and filter manufacturer announce that they have acquired Pyatt & Pearce Ltd, a leading U.K. manufacturer of screened rooms and…

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MPE Ltd the engineering, electronic power supply and filter manufacturer announce that they have acquired Pyatt & Pearce Ltd, a leading U.K. manufacturer of screened rooms and shielding systems.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 61 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 1 January 1987

R.I. Tricker

In the boardroom it is performance, not conformance, that counts. Yet a rigorous analysis and review of board activities is rarely undertaken in any company, never in most. The…

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In the boardroom it is performance, not conformance, that counts. Yet a rigorous analysis and review of board activities is rarely undertaken in any company, never in most. The changing basis and realities of corporate power since the introduction of the concept of the joint stock company are identified and some of the contemporary problems are indicated. A case is argued for an audit of board strategy, structure, style and performance. Proposals are made for the conduct of such an audit and its essential elements.

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Managerial Auditing Journal, vol. 2 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0268-6902

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Article
Publication date: 1 March 1983

What has happened to research and development in this recession? With official R & D statistics only available up to 1978, it has been virtually impossible to tell. So the CBI…

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What has happened to research and development in this recession? With official R & D statistics only available up to 1978, it has been virtually impossible to tell. So the CBI carried out its own survey: this article sets out the results.

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Industrial Management & Data Systems, vol. 83 no. 3/4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-5577

Article
Publication date: 12 September 2016

Atsushi Komine

The purpose of this paper is to examine two (accidental and inevitable) reasons why W.H. Beveridge, who in 1936/1937 had rejected all of the elements of Keynes’s General Theory…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine two (accidental and inevitable) reasons why W.H. Beveridge, who in 1936/1937 had rejected all of the elements of Keynes’s General Theory, came to accept it enthusiastically in the 1940s.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper answers this question in three steps. First, it distinguishes apparently changeable factors in Beveridge’s views, from consistent ones. Second, it looks for factors of the latter type in his three goals for economics. Third, it compares his goals with those of Keynes.

Findings

Beveridge’s three goals overlapped with Keynes’s ideals for economics and economists, and this is not historically accidental: economics should be useful as a basis for verification by fresh observations (as an exact science); economic knowledge should be useful in business and policy-making processes (for new kinds of educated professions); and economic studies requires a wide range of related subjects (a liberal education).

Research limitations/implications

This paper attempts to clarify the cognitive assumptions of the two economists. This clarification can contribute to understanding the process and reasons behind Beveridge’s acceptance of Keynesian economic theory and policies on a theoretical level.

Originality/value

This paper examines previously ignored reasons for Beveridge’s acceptance of Keynesian economics. Moreover, it suggests certain pre-analytic assumptions concerning the co-existence of social insurance and full employment policies. This perspective will be useful for historians of economics and the welfare state.

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International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 43 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0306-8293

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Article
Publication date: 1 January 1983

R.G.B. Fyffe

This book is a policy proposal aimed at the democratic left. It is concerned with gradual but radical reform of the socio‐economic system. An integrated policy of industrial and…

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This book is a policy proposal aimed at the democratic left. It is concerned with gradual but radical reform of the socio‐economic system. An integrated policy of industrial and economic democracy, which centres around the establishment of a new sector of employee‐controlled enterprises, is presented. The proposal would retain the mix‐ed economy, but transform it into a much better “mixture”, with increased employee‐power in all sectors. While there is much of enduring value in our liberal western way of life, gross inequalities of wealth and power persist in our society.

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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 3 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-333X

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Article
Publication date: 1 May 1979

With past evidence suggesting a close relationship between Minimum Lending Rate and the buoyancy — or stagnation — of the industrial property market, the current level of interest…

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With past evidence suggesting a close relationship between Minimum Lending Rate and the buoyancy — or stagnation — of the industrial property market, the current level of interest rates brings no cause for optimism. But, short‐term financial constraints apart, developers report an increasing take‐up of smaller factory and warehouse units. Some attribute this to a revival of Britain's entrepreneurial spirit.

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Industrial Management, vol. 79 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-6929

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