Strategic and Organizational Change : From Production to Retailing in UK Brewing 1950-1990

ISBN-13: 9780415651998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012

Alistair Mutch

Opis

This volume explores the shaping of the brewing industry in the years from 1950-1990, and shows how it has moved from being largely concerned with the technical issues of production to being a key part of the retail industries.

Recenzje

"Mutch's book offers a facinating insight ... and should be required reading for those wanting to understand the post-war brewing industry" Tim Holt, Journal of the Brewing History Society

Spis treści

Preface.  Introduction  1. Organization, Strategy and Institution  2. Realism and Strategy  3. Brewing and Pubs: Definitions and Development  4. In the Boardroom 1950-1960  5. Trends in Consumption 1950-1990  6. Shaping the Manager  7. Retailing and Resistance  8. Divergent Routes to Retailing  9. Conclusion.  Primary Sources.  Company Records.  Other Primary Documents.  Trade Journals and Newspapers.  Interviews.   References

O autorze

Alistair Mutch is Professor of Information and Learning at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He has published extensively on a range of themes associated with the impact of information on work organizations and the consequences for education. His current interests include the application of critical realism to organizational theory and the development of the history of management.