Reworking the world : organisations, technologies, and cultures in comparative perspective /

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Marceau, Jane
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berlin : New York : W. de Gruyter, 1992.
Collection:De Gruyter studies in organization ; 42.
Sujets:
Industrial organization > Cross-cultural studies.
Organizational change > Cross-cultural studies.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Corporate culture > Cross-cultural studies.
Industrie > Organisation, contrôle, etc. > Études transculturelles.
Changement organisationnel > Études transculturelles.
Innovations > Aspect économique > Études transculturelles.
Culture organisationnelle > Études transculturelles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Negotiating.
Corporate culture
Industrial organization
Organizational change
Technological innovations > Economic aspects
Technischer Fortschritt
Rationalisierung
Arbeitsstrukturierung
Organisationsentwicklung
Management
Organisationskultur
Organisationswandel
Cross-cultural studies
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction. Reworking the World: Organisations, Technologies and Cultures in Comparative Perspective
  • Section One: Re-Analysing the World
  • Introduction
  • Institutional Logic and Economic Explanation
  • French Bread, Italian Fashions and Asian Enterprises: Modern Passions and Postmodern Prognoses
  • The Politics of Industrial Organisation: A Comparative View
  • Section Two: Learning from the East
  • Introduction
  • Japanizing the World: The Case of Toyota
  • Giants and Dwarves: Changing Technologies and Productive Interlinkages in Australian Manufacturing Industry
  • Developing â€?Partnershipsâ€?: New Organisational Practices in Manufacturer-Supplier Relationships in the French Automobile and Aerospace IndustriesTechnology Transfer and East Asian Business Recipes: The Adoption of Japanese Cotton Spinning Techniques in Shanghai and Hong Kong
  • Western Technology in a Chinese Context: New Technologies and the Organisation of Work in Hong Kong
  • Section Three: Technological Innovation: The Search for Control
  • Introduction
  • The Illusion of a Common Supranational Interest: Democratising the Standardisation Process in Factory Automation
  • Yet Another Panacea? The Quality Management Movement in AustraliaOrganisational Restructuring and Devolutionist Doctrine: Organisation as Strategic Control
  • Section Four: Innovation and Disillusion: Firms at the Leading Edge
  • Introduction
  • Clashes of Technology and Culture: Enterprise Acquisition and the Integration of New Ventures
  • Strategies for Technological Learning: New Forms of Organisational Structure
  • Section Five: Reworking the World of Work
  • Introduction
  • An Australian Model of Industrial Restructuring
  • Reorganising Labour: The Volvo ExperienceThe Move to â€?Partnershipâ€?: Human Resources in Organisational Change
  • Workplace Strategic Change: Classification Restructuring in the Australian Public Service
  • Swedish Wage-Earner Funds: The Problematic Relationship Between Economic Efficiency and Popular Power
  • Conclusion. Reworking the World: Lessons from Everywhere
  • About the Authors
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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