| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society, 4 |
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Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society, 4
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: From laissez-faire to laissez-faire; Chapter 2: Mercantilism to laissez-faire: The precursors of economic efficiency; Chapter 3: The evolution of technical efficiency in the context of management practice, 1870-2001; Chapter 4: The influence of professions on the notion of efficiency; Chapter 5: Case study 1: Economic commentators and the influence of economic efficiency; Chapter 6: Case study 2: Procurement and the notion of efficiency |
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Chapter 7: Case study 3: The transfer from technical efficiency to economic efficiency in rail networksChapter 8: Technical efficiency and management practice: Evidence from the literature; Chapter 9: The notion of efficiency in globalizing management practice; Appendix A: Some notes on the study; Appendix B: Questionnaire on management efficiency; Appendix C: Content of efficiency responses; Endnotes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Designing a more reliable basis on which to evaluate management behaviour, this excellent book, engages fully with management rhetoric and the frequent confusion surrounding it |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Industrial productivity.
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Management.
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Performance technology.
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Labor productivity.
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management.
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Performance technology
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Labor productivity
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Industrial productivity
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Management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203888957 |
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0203888952 |
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