Mine Management Professions in the Twentieth Century Scottish Coal Mining Industry

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See the writer's doctoral thesis 'Mine Management Professions in the Scottish Coal Industry, 1930-1966', Strathclyde, 2005. Covers the period 1930-66, the first part to 1947 when under private ownership, the latter part as a nationalised industry. Examines 'the role, character and growth of the mine management professions - the collective grouping of colliery managers and the other branches of the mining professions (mining engineers, mining electrical and mechanical engineers, and surveyors) in the Scottish coal industry between 1930 and 1966'. Structured in two parts: Part 1] 'Rise of the mine management professions, 1930-46' and Part 2] 'Coming of age of the mine management professions, 1947-66'. Part 1 comprises: 1] 'The 'Black Jock' manager - examining the stereotype' - 'Managers in coal mining history' / 'Managers in British history' / 'Structure of the study'; 2] 'Colliers with a collar on' - 'Overview' / 'Terms of employment' / 'Professional development' / 'Role and status' / 'Road to nationalisation'; 3] 'The context of control - managers, operations and employers' - 'Production' / 'Health and safety' / 'Labour relations'; Part 2 comprises: 4] 'Creating a management cadre - mining professionals and the NCB' - 'Perceptions of NCB management' / 'The NCB - origins and theoretical context' / Managers and the NCB' / 'NCB structures and strictures' / 'NCB management recruitment and development schemes' / 'Management education programmes'; 5] 'Management of production' - 'Historical review' / 'Managerial labour processes in a technocracy' / 'NCB production policy in the Scottish Division' / 'Technology and mining methods' / 'Measuring coalface productivity' / 'New developments and reconstructions'; 6] 'The limits of statutory powers - mine management and health and safety' - 'Health and safety in the Scottish coal mining industry, 1947-66' / 'Safety legislation' / 'The safety record' / 'Colliery disasters' / 'Occupation health and dust suppression'; 7] 'The same team in different jerseys - managing industrial relations' - 'Historical overview' / 'The formal machinery of industrial relations at the NCB' / 'Managerial attitudes' / 'Unofficial industrial relations' / 'Managerial outlook on industrial relations'; 8] 'British Association of Colliery Management (BACM)' - 'Historical context' / 'Formation, administration and aims of the BACM' / 'British managerial trade unionism in the twentieth century' / 'The Electrical Power Engineers' Association (EPEA) / 'The British Iron & Steel Management Association (BISMA); 9] 'Conclusion - conceptualising mine management professionals'. Private sector business covered include: Bairds & Dalmellington Co Ltd / William Baird & Co Ltd and Fife Coal Co Ltd