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London transport : a hybrid in history 1905-1948 /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2019.
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| Colección: | Frontiers of management history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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