Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on October 21, 2015
Lecturer in Management and Economic History at the School, Chris Grocott, outlines the first output of a new collaborative research project on the history of labour organisations in the British Empire. In an article just published in Labor History, Jo Grady, Gareth Stockey and I examine the history of anarchism in Gibraltar and its surrounding […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anarchism, Gibraltar, History, Imperialism, Industrial Relations, Labour, Politics, Spain, Trade Unionism, Transport and General Worker's Union |
Posted by Thomas Swann in School of Business Blog on September 24, 2014
Thomas Swann and Konstantin Stoborod, Graduate Teaching Assistants at the School, reflect on their 2 year effort to bring Anarchist Practices and Management Studies together The 3rd Anarchist Studies Network conference took place between the 3rd and the 5th of September, at that network’s home, Loughborough University. As with the 2nd ASN conference two years […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Academia, Academic Activism, Academic Freedom, Activism, Activist Academia, Aesthetics, Anarchism, Anarchist Studies Network, Anarchist Workspaces, Autonomy, Business, Business School, Co-Operatives, Co-optation, Critical Management Studies, Decision Making, ephemera: theory and politics in organisation, Leadership, Management, Millennial Generation, Performativity, Practice, Proudhon, Revolution, Subversion, Systems Theory, Theory, Workspaces |
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on June 25, 2014
This time next year, the School will be preparing to welcome over 500 delegates to the 9th International Conference in Critical Management Studies. Professor Martin Parker explains what the conference will be about and why it will be so important. How can a School of Management have the cheek to be ‘critical’ of management? Schools […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9th CMS Conference, Alternative Organisation, Alternatives, Anarchism, Austerity, Communism, Critical Management Studies, Ecology, Feminism, Ideology, IMF, Management, Managerialism, Taylorism, World Bank |
Posted by Melanie Simms in School of Business Blog on March 12, 2014
March 2014 saw the announcement of no less than eleven (11) separate investments into projects within the broad area of work and employment. The small grants of up to £2,500 will further boost the School of Management’s profile in this area since it merged with the Centre for Labour Market Studies (CLMS). Some of the […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anarchism, Austerity, Bob Carter, Car Wash, Centre for Labour Market Studies (CLMS), Chris Grocott, Distance Learning, Elke Weik, Foxconn, Funding, Future Research, Gibraltar, Glynne Williams, Grey Economy, Heidi Ashton, Henrietta O' Connor, Heritage, History, Ian Clark, Jo Grady, John Goodwin, Katharine Venter, Library Sector, Management Pedagogy, Martin Quinn, NHS, Norbert Elias, Older Workers, Paradata and Marginalia, Paul Brook, Performance Management, Richard Courtney, Rutvica Andrijasevic, Sarah Robinson, Student Experience, Trade Unionism, Turkey, Vanessa Beck, Will Green, Wine, Work and Employment, Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS), World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Young Workers |
Posted by Thomas Swann in School of Business Blog on November 20, 2013
Management and anarchism have something very superficial in common – most people loathe them. Nevertheless, on Tuesday the 29th of October, a workshop held at the School’s Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy explored what else can be said about this most peculiar of intersections. The event featured talks from Liam Barrington-Bush, author of Anarchists […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anarchism, Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy (CPPE), Control, ephemera: theory and politics in organisation, Everyday Tasks, Fabian Frenzel, Hierarchy, Konstantin Stoborod, Liam Barrington-Bush, Management, Occupy, Protest Camps, Social Movements, Thomas Swann |
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