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Work Organisation in Practice
From Taylorism to Sustainable Work Organisations
Buch von P-O Börnfelt
Sprache: Englisch

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This textbook provides an overview of organisation models used in practice from over a century ago to the present day. It outlines the effects these models have on efficiency, learning, innovation and workers¿ health and offers critical reflections for students. Some of the models covered are Taylorism, bureaucracy, the socio-technical school, process organisation such as lean production, learning organisations, knowledge management, project organising including agile, platform economy, professional organisations, new public management and sustainable organisations.
Featuring learning objectives and reflective questions for students of organisation studies and design, this textbook has a pedagogical structure based on the division of work and the coordination of work. Conclusions are presented on contemporary work organisation models¿ impact on working life, ultimately encouraging students to ask the question, how can we create more sustainable work organisations.
This textbook provides an overview of organisation models used in practice from over a century ago to the present day. It outlines the effects these models have on efficiency, learning, innovation and workers¿ health and offers critical reflections for students. Some of the models covered are Taylorism, bureaucracy, the socio-technical school, process organisation such as lean production, learning organisations, knowledge management, project organising including agile, platform economy, professional organisations, new public management and sustainable organisations.
Featuring learning objectives and reflective questions for students of organisation studies and design, this textbook has a pedagogical structure based on the division of work and the coordination of work. Conclusions are presented on contemporary work organisation models¿ impact on working life, ultimately encouraging students to ask the question, how can we create more sustainable work organisations.
Über den Autor

P-O Börnfelt is a lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg in Sweden. His Work Organisation in Practice textbook was first published in Swedish, and it is used as a textbook at several universities in Sweden. His research focus is on whistleblowing, voice and silence at work.

Zusammenfassung

Provides a comprehensive overview of the development and diffusion of work organisation models

Critically analyses the effects of these models on worker's health, learning, innovation and efficiency

Includes case studies, reflective questions, learning objectives and exercises to improve learning

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Organisation and work organisation.- 2. Taylorism and Fordism.- 3. The bureaucratic organisation.- [...] socio-technical school.- 5. Total quality management (TQM) and process organisation.- 6. Organising for change, learning and knowledge.- 7. Professional organisation and new public management - conflicting organisation perspectives in the public sector.- 8. Network organising.- 9. A changing working life - both up-skilling and down-skilling, higher pressure and more control.- 10. Sustainable work organisations.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Management
Genre: Recht, Sozialwissenschaften, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xiii
181 S.
1 s/w Illustr.
181 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13: 9783031216664
ISBN-10: 3031216660
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Börnfelt, P-O
Hersteller: Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 241 x 160 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: P-O Börnfelt
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,465 kg
Artikel-ID: 125728391
Über den Autor

P-O Börnfelt is a lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg in Sweden. His Work Organisation in Practice textbook was first published in Swedish, and it is used as a textbook at several universities in Sweden. His research focus is on whistleblowing, voice and silence at work.

Zusammenfassung

Provides a comprehensive overview of the development and diffusion of work organisation models

Critically analyses the effects of these models on worker's health, learning, innovation and efficiency

Includes case studies, reflective questions, learning objectives and exercises to improve learning

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Organisation and work organisation.- 2. Taylorism and Fordism.- 3. The bureaucratic organisation.- [...] socio-technical school.- 5. Total quality management (TQM) and process organisation.- 6. Organising for change, learning and knowledge.- 7. Professional organisation and new public management - conflicting organisation perspectives in the public sector.- 8. Network organising.- 9. A changing working life - both up-skilling and down-skilling, higher pressure and more control.- 10. Sustainable work organisations.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Management
Genre: Recht, Sozialwissenschaften, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xiii
181 S.
1 s/w Illustr.
181 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13: 9783031216664
ISBN-10: 3031216660
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Börnfelt, P-O
Hersteller: Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 241 x 160 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: P-O Börnfelt
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,465 kg
Artikel-ID: 125728391
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