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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade ReviewJ.M. Haas has contributed to this body of knowledge during the past quarter century with seven important articles on dockyard administration. Now, in his clearly written, detailed, and insightful book...he significantly increases our knowledge of the way the dockyards were managed over two crucial centuries. -- Ernest W. Toy, THE HISTORIAN * American Historical Review *
There can be few studies to equal such precise details and so much intelligent insight into the internal workings of an industry for the period concerned. ...all students of British naval as well as of economic history have cause to be grateful to Haasfor providing us with a scholarly, well-researched, and unusually attractively written account of a set of some of the most important nationalized undertakings in modern history. -- Sidney Pollard, University of Sheffield, ALBION * American Historical Review *
This is an invaluable book, covering an immense span, and will be essential for all interested in the administrative history of the Royal Navy. -- Jonathan Coad, THE MARINER'S MIRROR * American Historical Review *
A Management Odyssey is a remarkable study of the internal organization of a public enterprise over no less than two full centuries. The approach is chronological, with each chapter devoted to a specific period during which political pressures and different management ideas seldom induced more than incremental organizational adjustments... A Management Odyssey is a valuable dissection of an interesting organization, and it deserves the attention of business and accounting historians, students of management, and those interested in public sector enterprise. -- Gordon Boyce, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY. * American Historical Review *
This book is packed with facts and statistics elegantly marshalled to explain the system of organization adopted for the dockyards of the Royal Navy and why, for the most part, the system failed to work efficiently or cost effectively...highly interesting and informative... -- Gordon Boyce, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY. * The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du nord *
Haas has made a valuable contribution in writing this survey. * American Historical Review *
J.M. Haas has contributed to this body of knowledge during the past quarter century with seven important articles on dockyard administration. Now, in his clearly written, detailed, and insightful book...he significantly increases our knowledge of the way the dockyards were managed over two crucial centuries. -- Ernest W. Toy, THE HISTORIAN * American Historical Review *
There can be few studies to equal such precise details and so much intelligent insight into the internal workings of an industry for the period concerned. ...all students of British naval as well as of economic history have cause to be grateful to Haas for providing us with a scholarly, well-researched, and unusually attractively written account of a set of some of the most important nationalized undertakings in modern history. -- Sidney Pollard, University of Sheffield, ALBION * American Historical Review *
This is an invaluable book, covering an immense span, and will be essential for all interested in the administrative history of the Royal Navy. -- Jonathan Coad, THE MARINER'S MIRROR * American Historical Review *
A Management Odyssey is a remarkable study of the internal organization of a public enterprise over no less than two full centuries. The approach is chronological, with each chapter devoted to a specific period during which political pressures and different management ideas seldom induced more than incremental organizational adjustments... A Management Odyssey is a valuable dissection of an interesting organization, and it deserves the attention of business and accounting historians, students of management, and those interested in public sector enterprise. -- Gordon Boyce, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY. * American Historical Review *
This book is packed with facts and statistics elegantly marshalled to explain the system of organization adopted for the dockyards of the Royal Navy and why, for the most part, the system failed to work efficiently or cost effectively...highly interesting and informative... -- Gordon Boyce, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY. * The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du nord *
