Work Organization in Practice: A Critical Introduction to Work Organisation Models

Work Organization in Practice: A Critical Introduction to Work Organisation Models – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783031216664,3031216660

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3031216660
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3031216664
• Author: 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 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.

Table contents:

1. Organisation and work organisation

2. Taylorism and Fordism

3. The bureaucratic organisation

4. The sociotechnical school

5. Total quality management (TQM) and process organisation

6. Organising for change, learning and knowledge Learning objectives

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, more pressure and control

10. Sustainable work organisations

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