My Life and Work
TL;DR: Muspratt's life is one of the romances of chemical industry as discussed by the authors, and he was apprenticed, when fourteen years of age, to a wholesale druggist in Dublin, but losing both his parents when he was scarcely eighteen, he broke his indentures and embarked for Spain in the hope of obtaining a cornetcy in a cavalry regiment in Wellington's army.
Abstract: THE author of this autobiography comes of a family which has exercised a fnarked influence on the industrial development of South Lancashire. Its members, moreover, have played no inconsiderable part in the social and intellectual life of Liverpool. To his father, James Muspratt, belongs the credit of founding the alkali manufacture in Lancashire. His life is one of the romances of chemical industry. Born in Dublin, of English parents, in 1793, he was apprenticed, when fourteen years of age, to a wholesale druggist in that city, but losing both his parents when he was scarcely eighteen, he broke his indentures and embarked for Spain in the hope of obtaining a cornetcy in a cavalry regiment in Wellington's army. A youth of fine physique and of a splendid constitution, Muspratt had all the physical qualifications for a successful soldier, but unfortunately he had no social influence, and in those days commissions in mounted regiments were reserved for those favoured in high quarters. Still, he had some experience of the Peninsular campaign, was stricken with fever in Madrid, and was in Hill's retreat down the valley of the Tagus. He then joined the Navy, and as a midshipman in the Impetueux took part in the blockade of Brest and in one or two frigate actions. He soon threw up this career, and making his way back to Dublin, started chemical manufacturing with the aid of a small inheritance which had been saved from the results of a Chancery action. My Life and Work. By Dr. E. K. Muspratt. Pp. xi + 320. (London: John Lane, 1917.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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Abstract: A version of this paper with an updated license is available in the MIT Open Access Articles collection at https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/127236.
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TL;DR: There is a need for rethinking how the field of performance measurement is research by taking a holistic systems-based approach, recognizing the integrated and concurrent nature of challenges that the practitioners, and consequently the field, face.
Abstract: This paper demonstrates that the context within which performance measurement is used is changing. The key questions posed are: Is performance measurement ready for the emerging context? What are the gaps in our knowledge? and Which lines of enquiry do we need to pursue? A literature synthesis conducted by a team of multidisciplinary researchers charts the evolution of the performance-measurement literature and identifies that the literature largely follows the emerging business and global trends. The ensuing discussion introduces the currently emerging and predicted future trends and explores how current knowledge on performance measurement may deal with the emerging context. This results in identification of specific challenges for performance measurement within a holistic systems-based framework. The principle limitation of the paper is that it covers a broad literature base without in-depth analysis of a particular aspect of performance measurement. However, this weakness is also the strength of the paper. What is perhaps most significant is that there is a need for rethinking how we research the field of performance measurement by taking a holistic systems-based approach, recognizing the integrated and concurrent nature of challenges that the practitioners, and consequently the field, face.
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