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Zusatztext This book is a must-read and a must-have. Informationen zum Autor Terry Gourvish has been Director of the Business History Unit at the London School of Economics since 1989. Previously he was the Dean of the School of Economic and Social Studies at the University of East Anglia. Klappentext This book, written by Britain's leading railway historian, provides an authoritative account of the progress made by British Rail prior to privatisation and a unique insight into its difficult role in the government's privatisation planning from 1989. Based on privileged access to the British Railway Board's rich archives, Terry Gourvish presents a comprehensive analysis which traces the external pressures on British Rail and its own changing internal organizationbetween 1974 and 1997. Zusammenfassung Britain's privatized railways inspire considerable debate about organization, financing, and development. This volume provides an account of the progress made by British Rail prior to privatization, and an insight into its difficult role in the government's privatization planning from 1989. Introduction: British Rail After Twenty-Five Years of Nationalisation ; PART I: RAILWAYS UNDER LABOUR, 1974-1979 ; 2. Operating the 1974 Railways Act: Financial Results, Organisational Responses, and Relations with Government ; 3. Operations, Productivity, and Technological Change ; PART II: THE THATCHER REVOLUTION? BRITISH RAIL IN THE 1980S ; 4. Sector Management and New Performance Targets ; 5. The Serpell Report ; 6. Cost Control and Investment in the Post-Serpell Railway ; 7. Selling the Subsidiary Businesses ; PART II: ON THE THRESHOLD OF PRIVATISATION: RUNNING THE RAILWAYS, 1990-1994 ; 8. Business Performance, Pricing, and Productivity ; 9. Investment and the Channel Tunnel ; 10. Safety ; PART IV: RESPONDING TO PRIVATISATION, 1981-1997 ; 11. The Privatisation Debate and 'Organising for Quality' ; 12. Reorganising for Privatisation, 1992-1994 ; 13. Endgame, 1994-1997 ; Appendices ...
