The Enterprise in Transition

<p><strong>Tavistock Press</strong> was established as a co-operative venture between the <strong>Tavistock Institute</strong> and <strong>Routledge & Kegan Paul</strong> (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. <br> This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by <strong>Routledge,</strong> 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name <em>The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press</em>.<br> Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1967 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.</p> 1: Introduction; 1: Historical synopsis; 2: Historical development of business in Europe; 3: Historical development of business in the United States; 4: Outlines of business theory; 2: European business in transition; 5: Backgrounds; 6: Problems of orientation; 7: The American impact; 8: The industry sample; 3: The main areas of transition; 9: Survey of transitions; 10: Transition from orientation on the past to orientation on the future; 11: Transition from production-centred business to product (market)-centred business; 12: Transition from business in a negotiated environment to business in a competitive environment; 13: Transition from capital-labour polarization to capital-labour osmosis; 14: Transition from owner-control to professional management; 15: Transition from accumulation of resources to rational growth; 16: Transition from chance innovation to scientific management of innovation; 17: Transition from the concept of economic man to the concept of pluralistic motivation; 18: Transition from isolation of business to business in a pluralistic society; 19: Transition from classical organization theory to a pluralistic theory; 4: Case studies; 20: Steel; 21: Shipbuilding; 22: Transportation equipment; 23: Machinery and construction; 24: Electrical and electronic equipment; 25: Chemical industry 98; 26: Foodstuffs and detergents; 27: Miscellaneous