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The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance (2000)
Journal Article
Grugulis, I. (2000). The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 52(1), 79-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820000200108

The Management NVQs were (according to their proponents) designed to provide a new mechanism for certifying workplace competence. Centred on descriptions of practice in the workplace they offered a qualification route that could be accessed by all. T... Read More about The Management NVQ: a critique of the myth of relevance.

Cultural control and the ‘culture manager’: employment practices in a consultancy (2000)
Journal Article
Grugulis, I., Dundon, T., & Wilkinson, A. (2000). Cultural control and the ‘culture manager’: employment practices in a consultancy. Work, Employment and Society, 14(1), 97-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170022118284

This article explores the use of `company culture' as a means of management control. It reports on research conducted in a consultancy that aimed to secure loyalty from its employees through a conscious policy of organised `play' at company socials.... Read More about Cultural control and the ‘culture manager’: employment practices in a consultancy.

‘Looking out of the black hole’: non-union relations in an SME (1999)
Journal Article
Dundon, T., Grugulis, I., & Wilkinson, A. (1999). ‘Looking out of the black hole’: non-union relations in an SME. Employee Relations, 21(3), 251-266. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459910273099

Using a single case study approach this paper provides empirical evidence about managerial practices in a small, non-unionised firm which represents many of the features characteristic of the black-hole of “no unions and no HRM”. The efficacy of rece... Read More about ‘Looking out of the black hole’: non-union relations in an SME.

‘Real’ Managers don’t do NVQs: a review of the new management ‘standards’ (1998)
Journal Article
Grugulis, I. (1998). ‘Real’ Managers don’t do NVQs: a review of the new management ‘standards’. Employee Relations, 20(4), 383-403. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459810232833

In 1997 the Management Charter Initiative (MCI) officially launched the new management NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications), benchmarks which attempted to describe the work performed by British managers. This article is a review of those qualifi... Read More about ‘Real’ Managers don’t do NVQs: a review of the new management ‘standards’.