ISBN:
0230013635
,
9780230013636
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 242 p)
,
ill
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Uniform Title:
Chaîne invisible. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Print version The Invisible Chain : Constraints and Opportunities in the New World of Employment
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Industrial sociology
;
Industrial sociology
;
Work Sociological aspects
Abstract:
Companies and work have undergone significant change, and a new productive model has emerged. This book shows how the model works, showing its high degree of coherence in terms of the integration of functions within companies. This book creates a new and challenging theory of services, rooted in the concrete experience of workshops and offices
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Reforming Corporate Structures: Integrating Reticular Reasoning and Tight Flows; 2 The Tight Flow Rules: Work under Time Constraints; 3 The Competency Model; 4 The Reshaping of Labour: Tight Flow and the Mobilization of Employees; 5 The Fragmentation of the Labour Market and the Mobilization of Employees; 6 Information Technology and the Service Industry: White-Collar Work; 7 More Difficult but More Interesting Work? Intensification and Autonomy; 8 Unionism and Globalization; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
Description / Table of Contents:
Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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