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The British Malaise: Industrial Performance Education and Training in Britain Today book cover

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The British Malaise Industrial Performance Education and Training in Britain Today

Edited By Gordon Roderick, Michael Stephens Copyright 1982
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge
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This series of edited papers, originally published in 1982, examines Britain’s industrial and commercial performance in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries against the background of the development of state education. The performance of certain key nineteenth-century manufacturing industries is analysed and the reasons for their relative decline in the face of foreign competition is assessed.... Read more

Foreword by Sir Monty Finniston.  Introduction Gordon W. Roderick and Michael D. Stephens.  Part I: General Background  1. The British Education System 1870–1970 Gordon W. Roderick and Michael D. Stephens  2. Britain’s Economic Decline 1870–1980 Derek H. Aldcroft  Part II: The Education and Training of Manpower  3. Laying the Foundations: Schools and Industry Catherine Avent  4. Scientists and Engineers Geoffrey D. Sims  5. Management Training and Education David T. H. Weir  6. Industry, Society and Education – A Multi-National View Alexander Kennaway  Part III: Industrial Performance and the Effective Utilization of Manpower  7. Is Manpower Planning Necessary? Is It Possible? What Next? Lord Bowen of Chesterfield  8. Trades Union Influence on Industrial Performance Robert Taylor  9. Research, Development and Technical Decision-Making in Industry T. L. Banfield.  Index.

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Gordon Roderick and Michael Stephens

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