Awards

• Short-listed for MCA/Management Today Award for the Best Management Book 2005
• Shortlisted for MCA/Management Today Award for the Best Management Book 2005.
• Winner of Shortlisted for MCA Management Writing Awards 2005.

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Author:   Stephen Ackroyd (Head of Department, and Professor of Organisation, Work, and Technology, Lancaster University Management School) ,  Rosemary Batt (Professor of Women and Work, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University) ,  Paul Thompson (Professor of Organisational Analysis and Director of Research, Management Faculty, University of Strathclyde) ,  Pamela S. Tolbert (Professor of Organizational Behavior and Chair, Department of Organizational Behavior, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.315kg
ISBN:  

9780199269921

ISBN 10:   0199269920
Pages:   680
Publication Date:   02 December 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Stephen Ackroyd, Rose Batt, Paul Thompson, and Pamela S. Tolbert: Introduction Section I: Work, Technology, and the Division of Labor 1: Jill Rubery: Labor Markets and Flexibility 2: Eileen Appelbaum, Tom Bailey, Peter Berg, and Arne Kalleberg: Organizations and the Intersection of Work and Family: A Comparative Perspective 3: Leslie McCall: Gender, Race, and the Restructuring of Work: Organizational and Institutional Perspectives 4: Colin Crouch: Skill Formation Systems 5: Richard Badham: Technology and the Transformation of Work 6: Rose Batt: Groups at Work Section II: Managerial Regimes and Employee Actions 7: David Strang and Young-Mi Kim: The Diffusion and Domestication of Managerial Innovations: The Spread of Scientific Management, Quality Circles, and TQM between the US and Japan 8: Gideon Kunda and Galit Ailon-Souday: New Designs: Design and Devotion Revisited 9: Karen Legge: Human Resource Management 10: Alan McKinlay: Knowledge Management 11: Harry Katz: Industrial Relations and Work 12: John Kelly: Labour Movements and Mobilization 13: David Collinson and Stephen Ackroyd: Informal Resistance Section III: Occupations and Organizations 14: Laurie Graham: Manual Workers: Conflict and Control 15: Steve Frenkel: Service Workers in Search of Decent Work 16: Steve Barley: Craft and Technology 17: Bob Hinnings: Professions 18: Paul Osterman and Diane Burton: Ports and Ladders: The Nature and Relevance of Internal Labor Markets in a Changing World Section IV: Organizing and Organizations 19: Stephen Procter: Organisations and Organised Systems: From Direct Control to Flexibility 20: Mats Alvesson and Paul Thompson: Post-bureaucracy? 21: Grahame Thompson: Inter-firm Relations As Networks 22: Bob Hebdon and Ian Kirkpatrick: Changes in the Organisation of Public Services and Their Effects on Employment Relations 23: Glenn Morgan: Understanding Multinational Corporations 24: Bill Lazonick: Corporate Restructuring 25: Chris Smith: Business Practices and Societal Effects

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This handbook sets out to present a comprehensive map of the interactions among social systems, work, and employing organizations...Altogether, the book is a rigorous treatment of contemporary economic organizations in a global perspective, and it makes a valuable contribution to the state of scholarship in the field. --CHOICE<br>

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