LAING, The Biography of Sir John W Laing, CBE (1879 - 1978),
by Roy Coad
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Jacket has wear to top edge and sealed tear. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK - 1979 hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with unclipped dust jacket Jacket has wear to top edge and sealed tear. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Here is the story of a man who turned a small family business into a building and civil engineering concern of international proportions - Sir John Laing. He was ahead of his time with employee benefits (paid leave, pensions, bonuses, payment by results, company shares for workers, etc). Laing was a Christain, an uncomplicated man with a forthright business mind.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41296
- Title
- LAING, The Biography of Sir John W Laing, CBE (1879 - 1978),
- Author
- Roy Coad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with unclipped dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Jacket has wear to top edge and sealed tear. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK -
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 238 pages
- Keywords
- Biography Sir John W Laing civil engineering building construction Christain values employee benefits
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McCrae, Victoria
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