A Management Odyssey - The Royal Dockyards, 1714-1914

The Royal Dockyards were Britain's oldest state enterprise and biggest and most complex industrial unit. This book shows how the Admiralty over two centuries struggled to master the intractable problems of organization and management which the dockyards presented. Haas maintains that the dockyards portrayed an image of being inefficient, high-cost producers. These problems were chiefly extreme centralization but, paradoxically, weak control, inadequate coordination of departments, and accounting procedures, unreliable information about production, costs and material, an insufficiently educated and professionalized constructive corps, and an underpaid and slack workforce. Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Eighteenth Century: Running in Place; Tinkering with the System, 1793-1815; Lightening Ship, 1815-1834; Winds of Change, 1834-1854; Under Seige, 1854-1868; Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1868-1885; The Watershed, 1885-1900; A New Century and New Ideas, 1900-1914; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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By J. M. Haas

Summary

This study shows how the British Admiralty, over the space of two centuries, struggled to master the intractable problems of organisation and management presented by the Royal Dockyards.

Product details

• Authors: J M Haas, J. M. Haas, J.M. Haas
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.04.1994
• EAN: 9780819194619
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-9461-9
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 206 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, maritime history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Management & management techniques, Transport industries, Management and management techniques, C 1700 To C 1800, Shipping industries