Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 383 g
Crossing the Post-Industrial Divide
Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 383 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-926175-8
Verlag: OUP Oxford
State Railways (Ferrovie dello Stato).
The reader is thus afforded an unusual insight into the process of change in a large organization - not only close up accounts of what happened, but understanding of the relationship between the researcher/consultant and different groups within the organization - senior managers, HR people, unions, and ordinary employees.
The book draws lessons from these cases and experiences on a number of different levels: lessons about the methods of intervention in large organizations; about the nature of the organizational transitions as business faces increased competition; about the pressures this places on unions and other stakeholder groups; about the differences between the US and European context; and about possible models for advancing the change process in the future.
The analysis finally focuses on the larger set of forces driving all these cases: the transition to a global post-industrial economy. The experience of change in these corporations, from this perspective, illuminates the dynamics of transition between neo-corporatist stakeholder relations and a more pluralist and decentralized system emerging throughout the industrialized world.
This unusual book - by a team of highly experienced researchers/consultants - will be of interest to a broad readership of academics, students, consultants, HR professionals interested in the process and management and change, and contemporary trends in modern societies.