Description |
1 online resource (169 pages) |
Series |
Frontiers of Management History |
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Frontiers of management history.
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Contents |
Intro; Half title; Series Page; Ttile Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Modern Relevance; London Transport's Current Situation; A Brief Overview of the Contents of this Book; Arguments, Omissions and Misinterpretations; Finance; Public Governance; The Management, Leadership and Strategy of London Transport; Conclusion; The Historical Development of London Transport; Edwardian Municipal and Market Failure; Unified Control and the First World War; A Public-Private 'Hybrid'; The Second World War and Nationalisation |
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Conclusion and Overview of 1905-1948Follow the Money: The Investors, Employees and Passengers; A Reasonable Rate of Return; The Passengers -- Underground to Everywhere, ; The Workers -- Not a Penny on the Pay, Many Minutes off the Day; Who Shall Guard the Guards?; Introduction; 'The Place Where Socialistic Experiments Are Tried': London Municipal Government; Agents or Stewards? Running the LPTB; The Managerial Elite -- Agents or Stewards?; Relations with Other Public Bodies; Relations with Investors; Relations with Trade Unions; An Aristocracy of Business; Solving the London Transport Problem |
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IntroductionLord Ashfield as a Leader; Frank Pick as a Manager and a Commander; Assessing Pick and Ashfield's Corporate Strategy; Conclusion; Conclusions for Theory and Public Debate; Who Benefitted?; Synopsis; Public Debate; References; Index |
Summary |
This book is a timely assessment of a unique hybrid public body with a system of governance that once made London transport domestically popular and internationally admired: the London Passenger Transport Board |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on August 6, 2020) |
Subject |
London Passenger Transport Board.
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SUBJECT |
London Passenger Transport Board fast |
Subject |
Transportation and state -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
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Transportation -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
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History of specific companies, corporate history.
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Business & Economics -- Corporate & Business History.
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Transportation
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Transportation and state
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England -- London
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781789739534 |
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1789739535 |
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1789739551 |
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9781789739558 |
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