British Rail 1974-1997

British Rail 1974-1997

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780199269099
Untertitel:
From Integration to Privatisation
Genre:
Allgemeines & Lexika
Autor:
Terry Gourvish
Herausgeber:
Oxford Academic
Anzahl Seiten:
736
Erscheinungsdatum:
29.01.2004
ISBN:
978-0-19-926909-9

Britain's privatised railways inspire considerable debate about organisation, financing, and development. This volume provides an account of the progress made by British Rail prior to privatisation.

It is hard to imagine that this account could be bettered, or its principal conclusions overturned

Autorentext
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
Based on privileged access to the British Railway Board's rich archives, this book provides and authoritative account of the progress made by the British Railway System prior to its privatization. It offers a unique account of the last fifteen years of nationalized railways in Britain, and it sheds light on the current problems of privatized railway systems. This volume is divided into four complete and concise sections for complete study: 'Railways Under Labour (1974-1979)', 'The Thatcher Revolution (British Rail in the 1980's)', 'On The Threshold of Privatization: Running the Railways (1990-1994)', and 'Responding to Privatization (1981-1997)'. Author Terry Gourvish is considered Britain's leading railway historian.

Zusammenfassung
Britain's privatised railways continure to provoke debate about the organisation, financing, and development of the railway system. This important 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 free access to the British Railway Board's rich archives, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of the main themes: a process of continuous organisational change; the existence of a persistent government audit; perennial investment restraints; the directive to reduce operating costs and improve productivity; a concern with financial performance, technological change, service quality, and the management of industrial relations; and the Board's ambiguous position as the Conservative government pressed home its privatisation programme. The introduction of sector management from 1982 and the 'Organising for Quality' initiative of the early 1990s, the Serpell Report on railway finances of 1983, the sale of the subsidiary businesses, the large-scale investment in the Channel Tunnel, and the obsession with safety which followed the Clapham accident of 1988, are all examined in depth. In the conclusion, the author reviews the successes and failures of the public sector, rehearses the arguments for and against integration in the railway industry, and contrasts what many have termed 'the golden age' of the mid-late 1980s, when the British Rail-government relationship was arguably at its most effective, with what has happened since 1994.

Inhalt
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


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