Fowler, James (2019) London Transport: A Hybrid in History 1905–1948. Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781789739541. Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1108/9781789739534
Fowler, James (2019) London Transport: A Hybrid in History 1905–1948. Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781789739541. Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1108/9781789739534
Fowler, James (2019) London Transport: A Hybrid in History 1905–1948. Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781789739541. Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1108/9781789739534
Abstract
The London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) was a unique hybrid public body accountable only to a small number of stakeholders, yet it delivered substantial improvements in public services and provided good working conditions for its employees to the cost of its investors. London Transport: A Hybrid in History 1905-48 innovatively combines a revisionist historical narrative with a systematic analysis of quantitative and qualitative research to explore how and why the LPTB achieved rare popularity amongst its customers. Divided into three sections, the book explores the financial operations of the Board, the Board as a system of governance and the leadership and management within the LPTB. Using the previously restricted Transport for London archives, James Fowler conducts a timely assessment of the public network utility that once made London transport domestically popular and internationally admired. With debates about British transport policy ongoing, this book is an illuminating read for scholars and students researching within the areas of business management history, transport and public sector governance and administration.
Item Type: | Book |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Business & Economics |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2021 07:11 |
Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2023 17:39 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/25778 |