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Part 1 Introduction: British management in the pursuer mode, Ian Glover and Michael Hughes. Part 2 Context: through a glass darkly - towards a characterization of British management, Peter Lawrence; the limits of America's Pax Oeconomica Germany and Japan after World War II, Robert Locke; modernity, manageability and the development of modern management, Paul Jeffcutt; the professional as a machine - the death of each day's life, Michael Fores; the limits of management - problems of the average car company, Karel Williams, Colin Haslam, Sukhdev Johal, John Williams and Andy Adcroft. Part 3 Evidence: Durkheim, professionals and moral integration, James Dingley; manufacturing decline and the division of labour in Britain - the case of vehicles, Stephen Ackroyd and Dave Lawrenson; new public management and professions, Ian Kirkpatrick, Richard Whipp and Annette Davies; can there be a valid future for human resource management?, Ian Glover and Jerry Hallier; traditional and emergent professions in the construction industry - competition and control over the building process, Mike Bresnen; the expunction of process expertise from British management teaching syllabi - an historical analysis, Peter Armstrong. Part 4 Discussion: towards a professional-managerial class?, Ian Glover and Michael Hughes.