10 publications
-
Published Subscription
Dysfunctionality in Management & Leadership in SHPs (Social Housing Providers) in the UK: Insights using a Critical Realist (CR) Analytical ApproachBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: Social Housing Providers (SHPs) are organisations in the UK that own and manage social housing that is predominantly rented to people who have a need for accommodation but cannot access it on the open market. The main provider of social housing in the early and middle part of the Twentieth Centuries was the state but this role was taken over by SHPs in the later part of the Twentieth Century …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 7–20 Read article →
-
Published Subscription
A Realist Philosophical Approach for Housing Research: Critical RealismBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: AbstractThe development of housing studies as an academic discipline from its roots in the 1970s has seen research undertaken into a range of phenomena associated with housing, home and society. Different philosophical approaches have been adopted by housing researchers in their studies to help them to carry out their explorations, examinations and investigations. This article presents an analysis of one philosophical approach which can help the housing researcher in their …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 1–20 Read article →
-
Published Subscription
Where Are We Going? Economic, Political, Demographic and Social Influences in Social Housing in the UKBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: This article takes a historical view of the development of the social housing sector up to the 21st century. It focuses on the period after World War II and the transition from the welfare state to a state where neoliberalism is the dominant political and economic ideology. Links are drawn to the wider economic change from what has been characterised by many researchers as an era of Fordism to post-Fordism. …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 1–12 Read article →
-
Published Subscription
Organisational StructuresBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: The development of human society has involved people working together in organised groups to undertake many forms of activity. The emergence of the business organisation in England was triggered by the industrial revolution in where larger industrial approaches to undertaking work replaced the family and cottage industries that had previously been prevalent. A similar pattern was to take place in countries across the globe experiencing industrialisation. In these organisations groups …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 28–33 Read article →
-
Published Subscription
Social Housing: Corporate Management Approaches in the UKBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: The social housing sector in Britain has undergone significant change over the last four decades since 1980. Under the economic and political ideology of Neoliberalism, the introduction of market forces into the arena of public service provision has resulted in the evolution of a competitive operational environment for Social Housing Providers (SHPs). These organizations have to operate as businesses and meet the challenges of functioning as independent firms that are …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 45–48 Read article →
-
Published Subscription
Social Housing Tenure and Supply: England and ScotlandBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: This article presents an overview of housing tenure and housing supply in both England and Scotland. The impact of devolution has fostered a situation where the housing systems in each country are evolving in separate ways. In England, marketization has impacted upon the social housing sector whereas in Scotland it has been more restrained. This has had an impact on the tenure in each country and the supply of housing.
Published in International Journal of Architectural Heritage · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 1–6 Read article →
-
Published Subscription
Fordism to Post Fordism in the UKBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: This article presents an overview of Fordism and Post Fordism in the UK and looks at the transition from one period to another. It looks at the roots of Fordism in the mass production techniques used by the Ford motor company in America and its application as a label to describe the political, economic and social characteristics of an era. It is associated with the Keynesian welfare state during the …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 23–27 Read article →
-
Published Subscription
Reframing Social Housing in EnglandBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: This paper looks at how social housing in the England has come under scrutiny from the government over the last year following the tragic fire that took place in 2017 at the Grenfell tower block in Kensington, London, which resulted in over 70 deaths and it asks why the government has used this episode to reframe the debate about social housing. It looks at the legal framework regarding fire safety …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 1–6 Read article →
-
Published Subscription
Organisational Behaviour, Leadership and ChangeBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: This paper looks at perceptions and understanding in organisations through three aspects of their behaviour; Change management, Structure, Communication. Three case studies of organisations are used throughout this paper to show practical examples of the points made. These are; Oticon, Amazon, Cordia LLP. Specific points identified within the assignment are: Realism, relativism and perception are part of the processes that explain how the world and knowledge is viewed. Experiences and …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 21–36 Read article →
-
Published Subscription
Austerity: Inequality in the UKBy Simon Peter Taylor
Abstract: The global banking crash and financial crisis in the period 2007–2008 led to the ushering in of a period of austerity in the UK and across the world. The global debt that had been fuelled by a frenzy of greed was shared by those who could afford it with those who could not which has resulted in greater inequality and in the poor, being punished for the mistakes of the …
Published in International Journal of Housing and Human Settlement Planning · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 16–25 Read article →