Wilfred Banks Duncan Brown, Baron Brown PC

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(29 November 1908 – 7 March 1985), was the chairman and the managing director of Glacier Metal Company (1939–1965), author of several books and articles on management and labour issues, university administrator, and United Kingdom's Minister of State at the Board of Trade (1965–1970). Brown is perhaps best known for his collaboration with the organizational theorist

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on the Glacier Project, which

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called "the most extensive study of actual worker behavior in large-scale industry". Sponsored by Glacier Metal Company and its Works Council during Brown's leadership, the project ran from 1948 to 1965, resulting in the development or discovery of felt-fair pay, stratified systems theory, timespan of discretion, levels of work, product pricing analysis and career progression trajectories. These ideas were described in the various books and articles written by Brown and Jaques. (See

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.) Brown later attempted to use these processes in governmental affairs as a member of the House of Lords. An advocate of practical learning for managers, Brown created the Glacier Institute of Management. He served as the first Chairman of Acton Technical College's Governing Body, Chairman of

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from 1949 to 1965, and Pro-Chancellor of Brunel from 1965 to 1980. Although he never attended university, Brown received honorary degrees from

(DTech, 1966),

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(Doctor of Laws, 1967) and

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(DSc, 1972). He was appointed a

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(MBE) in the

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and made a

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as Baron Brown, ''of

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, in the

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'', on 22 December 1964.

Bibliography (selected)

* Bate, John; Hollingan, Philip Terence; and Brown, Wilfred Banks Duncan. (1944) "Patent: CA 422903: Metal bonding method / Methode a lier des metaux". Canadian Intellectual Property Office
http://patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/patent/422903/summary.html
Accessed 2008-06-01. * Brown, Wilfred. (1945) "Incentives Within the Factory". ''Occupational Psychology''. 19(2):82–92. * Brown, Wilfred; and Raphael, Winifred. (1948) ''Managers, Men and Morale''. London: Macdonald and Evans. * Brown, Wilfred. (1956) "Can There Be Industrial Democracy?" . ''Fabian Journal''. 18(March):14–22. * Brown, Wilfred. (1960) ''Exploration In Management''. London: Heinemann Educational Books. * Brown, Wilfred. (1962) ''Piecework Abandoned – The Effect of Wage Incentive Systems on Managerial Authority''. London: Heinemann Educational Books. * Brown, Wilfred. (1962) “What Is Work?” ''Harvard Business Review''. 40(5):121–129. * Brown, Wilfred. (1963) “A Critique of Some Current Ideas About Organization”. ''California Management Review''. 6(1):3–12. * Brown, Wilfred. (1964) “Judging the Performance of Subordinates.” ''Management International''. 4(2):3–13. * Jaques, Elliott and Brown, Wilfred. (1964) ''Product Analysis Pricing, a method for setting policies for the delegation of pricing decisions and the control of expense and profitability''. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. * Brown, Wilfred; and Jaques, Elliott. (1965) ''Glacier Project Papers''. London: Heinemann. * Brown, Wilfred. (1971) ''Organization''. London: Heinemann Educational Books. * Brown, Wilfred. (1973) '' The Earnings Conflict – proposals for tackling the emerging crisis of industrial relations, unemployment, and wage inflation''. New York: John Wiley & Sons. * Brown, Lord Wilfred. (1975) ''Participation''. Bradford, UK: MCB Books. * Brown, Wilfred; and Hirsch-Weber, Wolfgang. (1983) ''Bismarck to Bullock: Conversations about institutions in politics and industry in Britain and Germany''. London: Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society.

References

* Brunel University.

. Retrieved 2008-6-1. * Churchill Archives Centre.
The Papers of Lord Brown
. Cambridge, UK: ArchiveSearch. Accessed 28 September 2021. * Craddock, Kenneth. ''Requisite Organization Annotated Bibliography on Elliott Jaques, Wilfred Brown, and Requisite Leadership (covering 1942 to 2007)''. Fourth Edition, March 2007. Toronto: Global Organization Design Society. * Craddock, Kenneth C. (2007) "Requisite Organization: Theory and Validation". In ''Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability: Executive Guide''. Shepard, Ken; Gray, Jerry L.; and Hunt, James G. (Jerry). Ontario, CA: Global Organization Design Society. * Drucker, Peter. (1993

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''Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices''. New York: HarperBusiness. Pp. 234. * Jaques, Elliott. (1998) “On Leaving the Tavistock Institute”. ''Human Relations''. 51(3): 251–258. Version available online a
http://www.continents.com/Art44.htm
Accessed 2008-05-29. * Mant, Alistair. (2005). "Reflections on the History of RO development". Presentation at the
Global Organization Design Conference-2005
', Toronto, 2005 August 8–11. Video in six parts. Accessed 2008-05-28. * Mant, Alistair. (2007) "Wilfred Brown and Elliott Jaques: An Appreciation of a Remarkable Partnership”. In ''Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability: Executive Guide''. Shepard, Ken; Gray, Jerry L.; and Hunt, James G. (Jerry). Ontario, CA: Global Organization Design Society.

External links

* The Global Organization Design Society has digitised several of Wilfred Brown's books, available on th
GO Society digital books page

The Papers of Lord Brown

Photo of Wilfred Brown Building, Brunel University

Discussion of Wilfred Brown's legacy and further reading
* Transcript of from the BBC Radio 4 series, ''Here Comes the Boss!''. Entire episode about Wilfred Brown and Glacier Metal Company. Via Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Accessed 2008-06-16. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Wilfred 1908 births 1985 deaths Life peers Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Rossall School Scottish business theorists 20th-century British economists Common Wealth Party politicians Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970 Life peers created by Elizabeth II Common Wealth Party