Journal articles: 'British Engineerium'

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Dixon, Bernard. "British Protein Engineering." Nature Biotechnology 3, no. 3 (March 1985): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt0385-201a.

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Buchanan, R. A. "The Diaspora of British Engineering." Technology and Culture 27, no. 3 (July 1986): 501. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3105383.

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Ainscough, Matthew, and Baback Yazdani. "Concurrent Engineering within British Industry." Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications 8, no. 1 (March 1, 2000): 2–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1106/eb0t-7fac-0mr0-vpen.

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Ainscough, Matthew, and Baback Yazdani. "Concurrent Engineering within British Industry." Concurrent Engineering 8, no. 1 (March 2000): 2–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1063293x0000800101.

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McKeown, P. A. "High Precision Manufacturing and the British Economy." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Management and engineering manufacture 200, no. 3 (August 1986): 147–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1986_200_066_02.

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In Industry Year, this James Clayton Lecture appropriately addresses the field of manufacturing engineering and aims to contribute to a wider understanding of how our economy and standard of living critically depend on those who design, manufacture and sell the products of high quality necessary to compete in world markets. The two main thrusts worldwide, in manufacturing engineering are: Automation—in particular, computer integrated, flexible manufacture to reduce overall cost and lead time and in which CADCAM, FMS and CIM are crucially important technologies Manufacture with higher precision—on which a wide range of advanced technology products are totally dependent—and in which precision engineering, micro-engineering and nanotechnology are generally less well understood and practised than by our main international competitors The paper traces recent developments in precision engineering in general and several new and non-conventional high precision ‘machining’ processes in particular, including those by which ‘atomic-bit machining’ is possible. Principles and modern techniques for controlling the accuracy of tool to workpiece in two- and three-dimensional work-zones of high precision production machines are reviewed and illustrated. Today's precision engineering, which can be defined as work at the forefront of design and manufacturing technology, can also be expected to become the general engineering of tomorrow. Its importance to the future of the UK economy cannot be overstated.

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Wightman, Clare. "Women’s employment in British engineering 1919-1939." Entreprises et histoire 26, no. 3 (2000): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/eh.026.0011.

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Moore, Glenis. "Engineering a carreer in the British Army." Electronics and Power 33, no. 10 (1987): 616. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/ep.1987.0371.

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Livingstone, Anne, and Alan Fowler. "Re-engineering information services at British gas." Business Change and Re-engineering 3, no. 1 (January 1996): 15–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-0828(199601)3:1<15::aid-bcr53>3.0.co;2-u.

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Armstrong, Peter. "Engineers, Management and Trust." Work, Employment and Society 1, no. 4 (December 1987): 421–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017087001004002.

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This paper argues that the characteristic lack of engineering representation in British senior management is partly a consequence of the prevailing conception of what management is actually about. As compared to certain other capitalist economies, British conditions have favoured such management activities as the search for longterm finance and strategic marketing over product and process improvement. This system of priorities, massively perpetuated in management writings and education, is now embedded in the British definition of what management is. Aspirants to senior positions, which necessarily involve considerable decision-making discretion, need to demonstrate their `trustworthiness' in such terms. Insofar as the managerial credentials of professional engineering rest upon its position of authority within productive labour, they are out of key with the conception of management dominant in Britain. For many years the profession has tried to overcome this by adding `managerial' subjects to engineering education. However, so long as management is conceived of as a distinct field of study in its own right, such a strategy can do no more than place engineers in the position of comparative amateurs competing with full-time `specialists'.

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Byfield, Mike. "British civil engineering skills: defusing the time bomb." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering 156, no. 4 (November 2003): 183–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/cien.2003.156.4.183.

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Chrimes, Mike. "British civil engineering biography, part 2: 1790–1830." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering 157, no. 3 (August 2004): 140–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/cien.2004.157.3.140.

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FLEMING, GEORGE. "The European Engineer: a British civil engineering viewpoint." European Journal of Engineering Education 13, no. 1 (January 1988): 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03043798808939397.

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McCormick, K. "Prestige versus Practicality—A Dilemma for the Engineering Profession." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Management and engineering manufacture 199, no. 3 (August 1985): 139–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1985_199_059_02.

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British engineers have claimed that their important contributions to economic and social well-being, based on their achievements as practical people, have gone unrecognized or unrewarded. Yet over the past thirty years efforts to boost the social prestige of British engineers appear to have undermined the social arrangements which fostered the strong practical ethos. Increasing reliance on the full-time educational system is tending to raise social prestige through bringing the ‘all graduate profession’ and through trends to recruitment from higher social backgrounds. Yet these trends have been associated with a fall in traditional and recognizable training. This paper examines both the nature of the ‘practical’ tradition and efforts to raise ‘prestige’ and asks whether the engineering profession is caught on the horns of an irresolvable dilemma—to boost either prestige or practicality. The paper concludes that in principle the British pattern of education and training has much to commend it still, with the strong emphasis on training elements in a working environment. But it is argued that its success will depend on engineers and their employers becoming much more active in the field of training.

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Mullins, Leonard. "Engineering with Rubber." Rubber Chemistry and Technology 59, no. 3 (July 1, 1986): 69–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5254/1.3538214.

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Abstract First I must thank you Mr. Chairman for your most generous introduction. I understand that there will be another opportunity later today to thank the Executive Committee of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society for nominating me as the Charles Goodyear Medalist for 1986, for the pleasure of being here today, and for the privilege of addressing you. But I would wish to say, at this stage, how deeply honored I am to receive this most distinguished award. It is a tradition that this address should reflect the author's special interests and his own contribution to rubber science and technology, and they have tended to be autobiographical in nature. However the title which I have chosen, “Engineering with Rubber,” covers a broad field of activity, but in the relatively short time at my disposal I will perforce have to restrict myself to those areas in which I have been personally involved. Like so many recent Charles Goodyear Medalists it was my good fortune to be active during the period of almost explosive growth of polymer science and technology which occurred during the 1940's and 1950's and which provided a proper scientific basis for the polymer industries created during this period. The rubber industry is, of course, much older, but hitherto it had relied upon an essentially empirical approach to provide practical answers to most of its problems. It was also my good fortune to work with and alongside many outstanding individuals both at the Research Association of British Rubber Manufacturers (now the Rubber and Plastics Research Association) and at the Malaysian Rubber Producers' Research Association (formerly the British Rubber Producers' Research Association). To these I owe much and I would wish to share this recognition with my colleagues.

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Barlow, William. "Engineering Leadership in the Boardroom." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Management and engineering manufacture 202, no. 2 (May 1988): 75–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1988_202_050_02.

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This paper outlines the qualities required for leadership and demonstrates how engineers may develop these qualities in the course of their work. Contrary to currently held beliefs, engineers are frequently to be found in the boardrooms of large British companies, and examples of how engineering leadership has contributed to successful projects are given. The consequences of the lack of engineering leadership in the Government and its effect on the national economy are discussed.

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Hitch, Michael. "Advances In Mining Engineering Education: A Case For Learning Communities." International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP) 5, no. 2 (May 7, 2015): 48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v5i2.4469.

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Mining engineering involves the design, planning and management of operations for the development, production and eventual rehabilitation of resource extraction. These activities draw on a diverse set of skills. University of British Columbia mining engineers have traditionally been highly regarded for their strengths in the technical aspects of mining and mineral process but also for their understanding of the application of principles of sustainability and social responsibility. The current view of the UBC Mining curriculum demands the integration of aspects of environmental and social sciences shaping the future of tertiary engineering education. The solution is developing a curriculum that is focused on key learning objectives that are a reflection of all these external pressures. This paper examines the challenge of curriculum reform and the emergence of learning communities at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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Buchanan, R. A. "Institutional Proliferation in the British Engineering Profession, 1847-1914." Economic History Review 38, no. 1 (February 1985): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2596643.

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Chrimes, Mike. "British civil engineering biography, part 1: 1500 to 1790." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering 157, no. 2 (May 2004): 91–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/cien.2004.157.2.91.

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BUCHANAN, R. A. "Institutional Proliferation in the British Engineering Profession, 1847–1914." Economic History Review 38, no. 1 (February 1985): 42–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.1985.tb00357.x.

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NUVOLARI, ALESSANDRO, and BART VERSPAGEN. "Technical choice, innovation, and British steam engineering, 1800-501." Economic History Review 62, no. 3 (August 2009): 685–710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00472.x.

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Ozden, Canay. "The Pontifex Minimus: William Willcocks and Engineering British Colonialism." Annals of Science 71, no. 2 (July 30, 2013): 183–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00033790.2013.808378.

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Charman, J. "Peter George Fookes: father of modern British engineering geology?" Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 41, no. 2 (May 2008): 201–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/1470-9236/07-061.

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Singleton, J. "British Engineering and the New Zealand Market, 1945-60." Business History 44, no. 4 (October 2002): 121–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713999292.

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Railton, Diana. "Communication skills training for engineering students in British Universities." IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication PC-29, no. 2 (1986): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tpc.1986.6449025.

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Newmark, Peter. "Genetic engineering: Approval for first British virus release experiment." Nature 320, no. 6057 (March 1986): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/320002a0.

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Crosby, J. P. "Training and Skills Requirements for British Rail Depot Maintenance Staff." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Transport Engineering 202, no. 2 (April 1988): 119–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1988_202_164_02.

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The changing technologies and skill requirements in the maintenance of traction, rolling stock and plant and machinery have demanded a reappraisal of the training requirements for mechanical and electrical engineering regional workshop staff. This has led to the development of a modular training programme, which includes segments of training appropriate to the work location and the potential of the individuals. An investigation of conventional training schemes within British Rail's Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department was undertaken. The training procedures operating in other transport organizations were also analysed. All types of work progressed in mechanical and electrical engineering areas and depots have been considered, including coach body making, plumbing, welding, as well as fitting and electrical work. Proposals in respect of mechanical and electrical engineering depot strategy which incorporates the impact of design and development of new products have also been considered. Also included are the implications of the significant change in the maintenance policy introduced in April 1987 for all British Rail's traction and rolling stock, with its emphasis on component changing. The information gathered from these various sources has enabled key areas for training development to be identified and the future training strategy to be formulated.

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O'Mahony, Mary. "Productivity Levels in British and German Manufacturing Industry." National Institute Economic Review 139 (February 1992): 46–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002795019213900104.

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Relative levels of labour productivity are estimated to have been about 22 per cent higher in German than in British manufacturing in 1987. The German productivity advantage was most pronounced in non-electrical engineering, vehicles and metals. The British performance was relatively better in food, drink and tobacco and textiles and productivity levels appear to be about equal in the two countries in chemicals and electrical engineering. About 80 per cent of the productivity gap in aggregate manufacturing can be accounted for by differences in the levels of both physical and human capital. The aggregate productivity ratio of 22 per cent is lower than that found for 1968. The time pattern of relative productivity in the intervening two decades shows a considerable increase in the 1970s followed by a rapid narrowing of the productivity gap in the 1980s.

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Darracott, B. W., and D. M. McCann. "Planning Engineering Geophysical Surveys." Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications 2, no. 1 (1986): 85–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/gsl.1986.002.01.17.

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AbstractThe recently published British Standard Code of Practice for Site Investigation, BS 5930, makes reference to the use of geophysical methods, and gives some guidance for selection of techniques. However, the use of geophysical methods in the UK has not been as widespread as their potential permits, and it is believed that this is due in large part to either inadequate planning and/or incorrect choice of technique, leading to disappointing results. In this paper we set out a logical sequence of steps for the execution of a geophysical survey, and highlight the principal factors (penetration, resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, and contrast in physical properties) which influence the choice of technique. Adequate attention to these factors before a survey is started almost invariably will significantly improve the value of the results.

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Davie, Shanta S. K. "ACCOUNTING'S USES IN EXPLOITATIVE HUMAN ENGINEERING: THEORIZING CITIZENSHIP, INDIRECT RULE AND BRITAIN'S IMPERIAL EXPANSION." Accounting Historians Journal 32, no. 2 (December 1, 2005): 55–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.32.2.55.

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This historical study starts from the argument that financial economic quantification using accounting concepts and analysis has always been an essential and integral part of effective policies and activities for Britain's empire building. Theories of citizenship are used in particular to examine the close association between accounting and imperial policies during British indirect rule in Fiji. Through an examination of archival data and other relevant source materials, the paper highlights the ways in which accounting helped translate imperial forms of oppression and injustice into everyday work practice. Indirect rule generally required the separation and subordination of the native population as subjects, and their exploitation within imperial hegemonic structures. This research is about a British regime of specific and deliberate power construct through which the indigenous population of subjects were oppressed and excluded from citizenship and from civil society. Focus is on the social, economic and institutional relations that determined a unique pattern of inequality and the way in which accounting was effectively mobilized to serve the aims of British imperialism through indirect rule.

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Li, Jun, and Cheng Yu Li. "Studying on the Tension Distribution of High Strength Bolted Endplate Connections." Applied Mechanics and Materials 696 (November 2014): 8–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.696.8.

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The tension distribution of high-strength bolted extended endplate connections does not have unified regulations in china, the assuming tension distribution between the "Code for Design of Steel Structure"(GB50017-2003) and the "Specification of High Strength Bolt Connection of Steel Structures"(JGJ82-2011) are different, it may lead some problems in practical engineering. "Specification of High Strength Bolt Connection of Steel Structures"(JGJ82-2011) has given the assumed tension distribution ,but has not given formula .But its distribution assumption is the same as the British Standard ,so the calculation is given below reference to British Standard. Comparing their calculation methods and referencing to the British Standard ,the latter distribution is more reasonable.

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Meruňka, V. "Object-oriented approach in requirement engineering for the analysis of information systems." Journal of Forest Science 51, Special Issue (May 17, 2019): 13–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/11843-jfs.

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One of the major issues of all analysis techniques in information engineering is to capture the intelligible description of processes in the modeled problem. This need is very significant for information systems supporting modern industries and also information systems related to the agriculture and hydrology. In this area, process modeling forms the basis of Business Process Reengineering as a pre-step for subsequent information system analysis, design and implementation. It provides an essential tool to enable software developers, consultants and business users to collaborate to ensure that the necessary understanding of the business context is available to the software developers. In this paper, practically used technique and methodology for process modeling arousing out of software development methodologies will be discussed. The main described method – BORM (Business and Object Relation Modeling), is a result of own research supported by the Know-how Fund of the British Council.

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Sleeman, Derek, Ken Barker, and David Corsar. "Report on the Fourth International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-CAP 2007)." AI Magazine 30, no. 1 (January 18, 2009): 126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v30i1.2211.

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The Fourth International Conference on Knowledge Capture was held October 28-31, 2007 in Whistler, British Columbia. K-CAP 2007 included two invited talks, technical papers, posters, and demonstrations. Topics included knowledge engineering and modeling methodologies, knowledge engineering and the semantic web, mixed-initiative planning and decision-support tools, acquisition of problem-solving knowledge, knowledge-based markup techniques, knowledge extraction systems, knowledge acquisition tools, and advice taking systems.

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Reynolds, M. G. "Developments in civil engineering management and practice on British Rail." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport 95, no. 1 (February 1992): 3–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/itran.1992.18150.

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Long, Adrian. "Civil engineering research at British universities assessed as ‘world leading’." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering 162, no. 4 (November 2009): 150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/cien.2009.162.4.150.

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Bélanger, Jacques. "Job control after reform: a case study in British engineering." Industrial Relations Journal 18, no. 1 (March 1987): 50–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.1987.tb00887.x.

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Veness, P. J., G. Chidolue, and S. S. Medhat. "Concurrent engineering infrastructure. Tools, technologies and methods in British industry." Engineering Management Journal 6, no. 3 (1996): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/em:19960313.

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Hart, Robert A. "Hours and Wages in the Depression: British Engineering, 1926–1938." Explorations in Economic History 38, no. 4 (October 2001): 478–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/exeh.2001.0771.

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Grinsted, Noel. "The Pursuit and Achievement of Engineering Excellence." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Power and Process Engineering 202, no. 3 (August 1988): 151–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1988_202_021_02.

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Major achievements in industry have generally focused on a single major project. This paper attempts to show that the ‘pursuit of engineering excellence’ has been adopted more widely in recent years. It comments on the changes in the performance of British industry and suggests a variety of achievements in terms of changing attitudes, methodologies and management styles. The role of consultants in the current economic and industrial climate is discussed and the concepts of ‘performance audit’ and ‘plant enhancement’ are outlined. The paper concludes by describing two specific applications of these techniques in manufacturing industry.

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Whitston, Kevin. "The Reception of Scientific Management by British Engineers, 1890–1914." Business History Review 71, no. 2 (1997): 207–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3116158.

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While Britain never had a scientific management movement like that in America, historians have exaggerated the negative reaction of British engineers to the ideas of F. W. Taylor and other American proponents of business efficiency. A review of the leading British engineering journals in the early twentieth century reveals that Taylorism received a fair amount of attention, and much of it positive. By the beginning of the First World War, the majority of trade journals were echoing Taylor's demands for a new type of management. The misapprehension on behalf of historians stems from a number of factors: an overemphasis on articles published during years of labor agitation, such as 1911 and 1912; and, a failure to appreciate the different way in which scientific management was perceived in Britain. This fuller understanding of British responses to Taylor and his ideas helps to elucidate a chapter in the broader history of British economic performance and managerial methods in the twentieth century.

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Hatzopoulos, Miltiades. "Cypriot Archaelogy, Modern Numismatics and Social Engineering: The Iconography of the British Coinage of Cyprus." Historical Review/La Revue Historique 2 (January 20, 2006): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/hr.189.

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<p>This article examines the use of numismatic iconography by the British colonial administration of Cyprus in order, initially, to legitimise its possession of the island and, subsequently, to promote an Eteocypriot, an "authentic Cypriot", identity as counter-poison against Greek nationalism. In this endeavour of social engineering, archaeological items and other symbols from Cyprus' past played a prominent part. The outbreak of the Cypriot guerrilla war for union with Greece in 1955 highlighted the bankruptcy of this operation. Nevertheless, British efforts to evade Cyprus' overwhelmingly Greek past - and present - continued unabated, even after the formal recognition of the island's independence.</p>

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Lickley, Robert. "Training in Advanced Engineering Design." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Management and engineering manufacture 201, no. 4 (November 1987): 205–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1987_201_070_02.

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Engineering design and the education and training of more high-calibre engineering designers to ensure an increased flow of advanced technology, high-quality products from British shores, is becoming critical. This is recognized by an increasing number of top managements in industry, the Science and Engineering Research Council, Department of Trade and Industry and other leading bodies in the country. There is no doubt that comprehensive capable engineering designers cannot be produced solely from undergraduate courses and therefore urgent attention should be paid to establishing more postgraduate courses and other means of continuing education in advanced engineering design and development—including those which are project based—and to examine methods by which this might be achieved. A discussion meeting with invited senior participants, held at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, and chaired by Sir Robert Lickley, is reported.

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Barfield, Norman. "Sir George Robert Edwards OM CBE. 9 July 1908 — 2 March 2003." Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 50 (January 2004): 73–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2004.0007.

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British engineering has always been well provided with world–class designers and industrial leaders who have wrought world–leading achievements. Best and most widely known for his exceptional contribution to the world aerospace industry, Sir George Edwards excelled in all three spheres simultaneously, and was the most prolifically accomplished and highestregarded British aircraft designer and industrial leader after the original pioneers and company signatories, and of world stature. His 94–year life spanned virtually the entire era of powered manned flight, to which he devoted an outstanding 40–year contribution―from 1935 to 1975, from the biplane to the supersonic era. His exceptional technical and engineering proficiency, familial leadership style, prolific achievements and hugely significant influence on the global aeronautical scene were unmatched anywhere. The results were the generation of leading–edge aerospace engineering technologies and standards, the realization of a whole new travel experience throughout the world by air, and key elements of national and international defence, thereby providing valuable commercial and export benefits and many thousands of high–calibre and rewarding jobs―all of which he steered and managed with commanding ability, authority, effect and great success.

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Grossman, Gene M., and Petros C. Mavroidis. "US – Lead and Bismuth II: United States – Imposition of Countervailing Duties on Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products Originating in the United Kingdom: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Privatization and the Injury Caused by Non-Recurring Subsidies." World Trade Review 2, S1 (2003): 170–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474745603001113.

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In 1993, the US Department of Commerce began to levy countervailing duties on imports of certain leaded bars from the United Kingdom. The United States applied tariffs to goods imported from British Steel Engineering Steels, a subsidiary of British Steel plc. Following investigations by the US Department of Commerce and the United States International Trade Commission, the US authorities held that the imposition of duties was both required by Section 701 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (as amended) and not in violation of any of the country’s obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization.

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Delaney, Douglas E. "The Eighth Army at the Gothic Line, August–September 1944: A Study in Staff Compatibility and Coalition Command." War in History 27, no. 2 (December 11, 2018): 286–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0968344518776494.

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This article takes a reverse-engineering approach to gain some insight as to how the armies of the British Commonwealth became so compatible – and, therefore, easy for commanders to use. It begins with an examination of operations conducted by the British Eighth Army in the late summer of 1944 to examine how common staff procedures and methods allowed a limited commander like Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese to assemble his multinational forces and break the much-vaunted Gothic Line. It then looks at how staff uniformity had been developed over months, years, and, in some cases, decades.

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Davies, J. Brian. "Alexander Lamb Cullen OBE. 30 April 1920—27 December 2013." Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 64 (March 14, 2018): 131–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2017.0028.

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Alex Cullen combined the sharpest of scientific minds with a gentle personality and a great sense of humour. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Sheffield from 1955 to 1967, and then Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at University College London (UCL) until 1980. He continued his research there as a Science and Engineering Research Council Senior Fellow until 1985, and for some years as Research Fellow of UCL. His research concerned electromagnetic waves over a wide range of microwave devices and measurement techniques, the latter at a fundamental level. These contributions were of a highly innovative and ‘ground-breaking’ nature. He was appointed OBE in 1960, and elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1977. He was an accomplished jazz musician, playing drums and clarinet. He was a signatory of a letter to The Times in January 1986, calling on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to ‘Save British Science’. This led to the foundation of the Save British Science pressure group, now the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), which has built up an enviable reputation with politicians and the media in representing the concerns of scientists and engineers. When (now Sir) Eric Ash left UCL in 1985 to become Rector of Imperial College, he remarked that Alex was ‘the last gentleman in the business’.

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Mouat, Jeremy, and Ian Phimister. "The Engineering of Herbert Hoover." Pacific Historical Review 77, no. 4 (November 1, 2008): 553–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/phr.2008.77.4.553.

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This article offers a revisionist account of Herbert Hoover's career as a mining engineer, looking particularly at his activities in Australia and China where he first established his reputation and his fortune. The young Hoover went to Western Australia in 1897 to work for the British firm of Bewick, Moreing. Hoover's employers sent him to China in early 1899. He became a partner two years later and returned to Australia to direct Bewick, Moreing's operations there. After his return to London, he grew increasingly involved in financial dealings and gradually withdrew from the business of mining. Hoover's career as a mining engineer coincided with a period when the authority of engineers assumed a new significance; American mining engineers in particular became trusted experts. Hoover was one such engineer, although this article argues that his role was more ambiguous and compromised than earlier studies have acknowledged.

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KLEIN, IRA. "Materialism, Mutiny and Modernization in British India." Modern Asian Studies 34, no. 3 (July 2000): 545–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x00003656.

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British rule in India probably was in the reformist van of colonial regimes, but by Independence relatively few among the Indian populace had benefited notably from Western ‘modernization’. Although praised lavishly by a past generation of English historians for equipping India for ‘rapid progress’ under ‘the rule of law’, British policies hardly represented exemplary social engineering or ‘transformed’ the prosperity, health, well being, education or career opportunities of most Indians. Early in its sway the British raj conceived of implanting on the subcontinent modes of development responsible for England's rapid progress and prosperity and the advance of its peoples. Why, then, was the success not greater of Western programs, and why did policies of economic development leave at mid-twentieth century a majority of Indians living below poverty levels drawn close to subsistence? Was Western ‘reformism’ materially exploitative, or promising but checked by the regime's major political disturbance, the ‘Mutiny’ or Revolt of 1857, or were British policies culturally suppressive, or is more complex analysis needed to comprehend the Western impact?

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Robson, A., and W. J. Turner. "Environmental Economics and Electricity Generation." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy 208, no. 3 (August 1994): 177–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1994_208_033_02.

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Environmental economics, methodologies and issues are discussed and examples quoted for electricity generation systems. Results of the application of environmental ‘adders’ simulating a carbon tax in a British engineering-economic forecasting model are presented and the implications for energy strategy and nuclear energy discussed in relation to environmental factors.

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Gray, Peter. "Was the Great Irish Famine a Colonial Famine?" East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies 8, no. 1 (April 28, 2021): 159–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.21226/ewjus643.

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This article reviews the historical debate on the colonial causation and dimensions of the Great Irish Famine of 1845-50. It does so by briefly reviewing the evolution of the colonial relationship between Great Britain and Ireland before focusing on a number of specific fields of debate relating to the coloniality of the Irish famine. These include the economic structures and dynamics developing over the century before 1845 and the vulnerability of Irish society, the vector of the potato blight and its impact on food availability, and, most extensively, the motivations for and characteristics of British state response to the catastrophe. The variant interpretations of these factors in the nationalist, revisionist, post-revisionist, and post-colonial historiography are reviewed. The author concludes by drawing on his own primary research to suggest that, while shaped by colonial stereotypes and a preoccupation with social engineering, the British state and public response to the Irish crisis was varied and not intentionally genocidal, although ultimately subordinating humanitarianism to perceived British national interest. Critical British contemporaries drew negative parallels between the neglect of Ireland and the prioritization of imperial expansion overseas, while Irish nationalists concluded that the mortality of the famine demonstrated the bankruptcy of the British-Irish Union of 1800.

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REYNOLDS, M. G., D. WOLFENDALE, R. BROWN, S. N. MUSTOW, P. LEECH, A. ENGLERT, R. CAMPION, et al. "DEVELOPMENTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE ON BRITISH RAIL. DISCUSSION." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport 105, no. 2 (May 1994): 139–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/itran.1994.26371.

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