Work organisation in practice : from Taylorism to sustainable work organisations / P-O Börnfelt.

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 T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Börnfelt, P-O (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Subjects:	Organizational behavior. Industrial productivity. Industrial productivity Organizational behavior
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

1. Organisation and work organisation
2. Taylorism and Fordism
3. The bureaucratic organisation
4.The 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.

Work organisation in practice : from Taylorism to sustainable work organisations / P-O Börnfelt.

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