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Chris Grey is Emeritus Professor of Organization Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, and was previously a Professor at Cambridge University and Warwick University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). He originally studied Economics and Politics at Manchester University, where he also gained a PhD on the regulation of financial services.
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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 July 2015 English
So Greece has voted 'Oxi'. The consequences are unclear, but the reaction so far from Germany, in particular, does not make my hope of a write-off and reconstruction very likely …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 4 July 2015 English
In this post, I want to pick up on an oblique point in my previous one. I mentioned there how a very potent political trope is to draw a distinction …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 July 2015 English
A large number of organization studies academics – not including me, as it happens – are currently gathering for their main European conference, the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 June 2015 English
Some years, in fact almost two decades, ago I wrote an academic paper about what the novels of C.P Snow could tell us about management and organizations (Grey, 1996). Little-cited …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 13 June 2015 English
This post relates in some ways to my previous one about NHS management, but is both more specific and yet with a wider import. In the current issue of the …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 June 2015 English
I’m just at the beginning of thinking about what will be the 4th edition of what I call ‘the little book’. If anyone reading this blog has any suggestions about …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 June 2015 English
The British National Health Service (NHS) is one of the largest and most interesting organizations in the world. It is perhaps the key legacy of the post-1945 Labour government, establishing …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 May 2015 English
As I mentioned in my post on the British election result, one certain consequence of it was that there will be a referendum as to whether the UK remains in …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 May 2015 English
This post is inspired by Martin Vogel’s thought-provoking piece, on the excellent Vogel Wakefield counter-consultancy blog, where he discusses the politics of organization. In particular, he points out how little …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 May 2015 English
I’m going to continue with my posts about what is now the aftermath of the British election but before doing so I just want to restate why I am doing …