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Whatever happened to Shell's new philosophy of management? : lessons for the 1980s from a major socio-technical intervention of the 1960s

Title
Whatever happened to Shell's new philosophy of management? : lessons for the 1980s from a major socio-technical intervention of the 1960s / F.H.M. Blackler, C.A. Brown ; with comments by Michael Foster, Paul Hill.
Author
Blackler, F. H. M.
Publication
Farnborough, Eng. : Saxon House, ©1980.

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Brown, Colin, 1945-
Description
viii, 184 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Monograph on an evaluation of social intervention to improve labour relations through organization development and management technique dissemination in the shell petroleum industry in the UK - outlines reasons behind involvement in the exercise, implementation methodologys (job design, labour productivity, collective bargaining) and interpretation of the basic failure of the philosophy, and draws lessons for applied social sciences. Bibliography pp. 179 to 184 and diagram.
Subject
  • Shell UK Oil (Firm)
  • Industrial relations > Great Britain
  • Industrial relations
  • labour relations
  • organization development
  • management technique
  • petroleum industry
  • methodology
  • job design
  • labour productivity
  • collective bargaining
  • failure
  • social sciences
  • relations de travail
  • développement de l'organisation
  • technique de gestion
  • industrie pétrolière
  • méthodologie
  • conception de postes
  • productivité du travail
  • négociation collective
  • échec
  • sciences sociales
  • relaciones laborales
  • desarrollo de la organización
  • técnica administrativa
  • industria del petróleo
  • metodología
  • formulación de tareas
  • productividad del trabajo
  • negociación colectiva
  • fracaso
  • ciencias sociales
  • Great Britain
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
  • Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte
Genre/Form
  • evaluation.
  • bibliography.
  • évaluation.
  • bibliographie.
  • evaluación.
  • bibliografía.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 179-184.
ISBN
  • 0566003066
  • 9780566003066
LCCN
80478323
OCLC
  • ocm06310103
  • 6310103
  • SCSB-21815
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library