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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 · 13 July 2015 English
The way that work is rewarded is central to organizations, and pay is only one part of it. Associated benefits such as pensions, maternity and paternity pay, and sick pay …
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 …