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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 · 11 November 2016 English
I wrote in my last post about the possibility of Donald Trump being elected. Now that it has happened, I want to share some preliminary thoughts about what it means. …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 November 2016 English
This week will see the outcome of the US Presidential election, with the possibility of the victory of Donald Trump. If this occurs it will have profound consequences not just …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 October 2016 English
After my last rather gloomy post, today there is some good news. I’ve posted elsewhere about the rise of uberfication and the gig economy, and also about how this links …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 20 October 2016 English
A couple of years ago I had some spare money and decided to donate it to a charity. There are so many charities that command out attention – all of …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 13 October 2016 English
The unfolding scandal at US bank Wells Fargo, one of the most historic organizations in the USA, is an interesting illustration of the perils of managerial target-setting (see p. 30 …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 8 October 2016 English
In my book I talk a lot about issues around bureaucracy and post-bureaucracy, and make the point (p.86) that for all that post-bureaucracy arguably allows freedom and innovation it necessarily …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 September 2016 English
I must admit that I do not like air travel and avoid it as much as I can. It’s not the flying – I quite like that, apart from the …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 September 2016 English
Today’s post is prompted by the story this week that Hillary Clinton has had to take time off from campaigning because she has pneumonia. In fact, she only took four …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 8 September 2016 English
There has been a huge – 20% - rise in the number of workers in the UK on Zero Hours Contracts (ZHCs) in the last year, bringing the total to …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 4 September 2016 English
Readers of this blog will be aware that I have posted many times about the EU, especially in the run-up to the Referendum. This remains a topic of passionate interest …