A Fairly Interesting and Completely Free Blog About Organizations

A Fairly Interesting and Completely Free Blog About Organizations

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons

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 · 20 May 2016 English

The expression “there are lies, damned lies, and statistics” has never been definitively attributed but it has become a political cliché. And in some ways an unfair one, since it …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 May 2016 English

There is plenty of public discussion of the complex issues involved in being a parent, but far less about having parents. What I mean is the issues arising for people …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 May 2016 English

Almost all news stories in the UK at the moment seem to have some relationship to, or are filtered through, the EU Referendum debate. I don’t want to use this …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 April 2016 English

I have not posted for a few weeks now, partly because I took some holiday at the beginning of April, partly because of pressure of work, and partly because I …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 4 April 2016 English

This post in many ways follows on from the previous one and indeed a series of posts recently where I have circled around issues of nostalgia and populism. These issues …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 31 March 2016 English

There are two big news stories in the UK today. One is the closure of the Port Talbot steelworks, following a decision by its Indian owners, Tata, and due mainly …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 March 2016 English

The other day I came across the text of a short story which I submitted to a 2004 competition run by what was then the Times Higher Education Supplement on …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 25 March 2016 English

There are many things I would like to write about today, from the latest Islamist atrocities in Brussels to the latest twists in the EU Referendum debate. But one dimension …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 March 2016 English

No, our topic today is not BDSM (and can I say in passing how peculiar it has been to, almost, share a name with Christian Grey, the protagonist of 50 …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 March 2016 English

Rather shamelessly, my post today is to promote two books of mine that are about to come out. The first is a collection edited with Isabelle Huault, Véronique Perret and …