This book presents an in-depth study of organizational change and innovation in one of the UK's leading retail leisure companies. Based on a particular level of access, the authors provide a longitudinal study of the management process in action - both the formal, on stage aspects of strategic change and the informal, political behaviour of those involved. Subjects covered include: the changing contexts of the public house business; from management to managing; change processes and politics; control and empowerment; and gender and public house management.

The production of beer today occurs within a bifurcated industrial structure. There exists a small number of large, global conglomerates supplying huge volumes of a limited range of beers, and a plethora of small and medium breweries producing a diverse range of beers sold under unique brands. Brewing, Beer and Pubs addresses a range of contemporary issues and challenges in this key sector of the global economy, and includes contributions by research specialists from a variety of countries and disciplines. This book includes the marketing and globalization of the brewing industry, beer...