For Starters: The Business of Life

by SirPeterParker (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1989

  $4.19

  This autobiography of Sir Peter Parker gives the full story of his time as Chairman of British Rail, from the political debacle of his refused 1967 appointment, to cliff-hanging nights in his fight with penny-pinching governments and intransigent unions to win a more efficient but socially committed railway service. His broad experience gave him a unique insight into the problems of British industry and its relationship with society. He is passionate about William Blake, shrewd about Mrs Thatcher and privatization and eloquent in his belief that management ought to be taken seriously but also ought to be good fun. He also writes about the National Theatre, founding the Booker Prize and the Barons of Industry.

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  Paperback
  1991

  $21.23

  Sir Peter Parker spent his childhood in France and Shanghai, served in the war in India and Burma and was given a unique insight into the American Intelligence Service in Washington. As one of the talented post-war generation he was also directed as Hamlet by Ken Tynan, played Lear with Shirley Williams as his Cordelia and chaired the University Labour Club. This book combines his personal philosophy and his belief in the importance of management with descriptions of those he has met in a varied life.