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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 · 18 November 2013 English
I recently learned of the death of Norman Geras, whose obituary is here. Norman was a pivotal influence on me, intellectually and politically. In the book (pp. 11-12) I mention …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 1 November 2013 English
This issue of how to organize electricity generation and supply is a pressing and controversial one across the globe, from Turkey to Nigeria to India to the USA, and it …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 21 October 2013 English
It was announced today that a new nuclear energy plant is to be built in Britain, a development described by the government as ‘historic’. Well, it is historic but perhaps …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 October 2013 English
The biggest news story in the UK this week has been the row over the publication by the Daily Mail newspaper of a vitriolic attack on the father of Ed …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 27 September 2013 English
On Tuesday I gave a talk in Paris to a group of business leaders. The topic was secrecy in organizations, which is something I am researching at the moment. In …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 7 August 2013 English
I’ve come across two thought-provoking articles today, and the thoughts they provoked were not pleasant. One is a piece in The Guardian by Seamus Milne about the growth of ‘zero-hours …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 2 August 2013 English
In 2008 I published an article, with Jo Brewis, about workplace bans on smoking. It’s an interesting organizational issue. If the proverbial Martian visited a workplace in, say, 1980 and …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 26 July 2013 English
Media coverage of organizational issues is not great. Yes, every news bulletin gives the obligatory reading of the day's exchange rate and stock index level, and big corporate events and …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 25 July 2013 English
In a previous post I made reference to Ken Loach’s latest film, The Spirit of 45, without, I must admit, having seen it, only having read some reviews. Loach is …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 June 2013 English
It seems as if almost daily the malign consequences of the New Public Management (NPM) that has informed public sector reform in many countries for the last 30 years are …