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The programme looks at a company run by a non-hierarchical management structure. It examines both the idealized conception and the way different employees see it in practice.
The programme looks at a company run by a non-hierarchical management structure. It examines both the idealized conception and the way different employees see it in practice.
| Module code and title: | T242, Systems management |
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| Item code: | T242; 11 |
| First transmission date: | 07-10-1974 |
| Published: | 1974 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | Andrew Millington |
| Narrator: | Alan Thomas |
| Contributors: | John Anagnostelis; John Howlett; John Leyland; Richard Matthews; Jim McCourt; Stanley Rawlings; Keith Richardson; Christine Riddle; W. G. Schmidt |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Chemist; Common ownership; Formal structure; Non-hierarchical management structure; Shop steward |
| Footage description: | Several film shots of Scott Bader Ltd., Wollaston, Northants. Commentary by Alan Thomas explains how this company differs from others through common ownership of the firm by its employees. Shot of the company organization chart. Commentary points out the formal structure and how this differs from the hierarchical structure of other companies. The chart indicates that at Scott Bader employees may have more than one role, say as process worker and worker director. John Anagnostelis, Head of Training and also Secretary of Scott Bader Commonwealth, explains his views on the decision making process at Scott Bader and how this process differs from other companies. Several process workers give their views on the management structure and the Commonwealth W.G. Schmidt, a chemist with Scott Bader, gives his views on the management structure. Several workers in his laboratory also give their views. John Leyland, Finance Director, states his views on the management structure of the company. Several employees who hold more than one job within the structure of Scott Bader give their reactions to this dual role and how it affects the management of the company as well as their own work. There are several film shots of the plant at work between interviews. Commentary links employee comments to the organization chart. John Anagnostelis, Training Officer, discusses some of the criteria for success at Scott Bader where the profit motive is not a major factor. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71476 |
| Production number: | 00525_5138 |
| Videofinder number: | 793 |
| Available to public: | no |
