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Author Fowler, James, author.

Title London transport : a hybrid in history 1905-1948 / James Fowler
Published Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (169 pages)
Series Frontiers of Management History
Frontiers of management history.
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
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
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.
SUBJECT London Passenger Transport Board fast
Subject Transportation and state -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Transportation -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
History of specific companies, corporate history.
Business & Economics -- Corporate & Business History.
Transportation
Transportation and state
England -- London
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781789739534
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