Trust And Power On The Shop Floor

Author : Maarten Johannes Verkerk
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789059720336

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Trust and Power on the Shop Floor by Maarten Johannes Verkerk Pdf

Annotation "In his book, Verkerk investigates the shop floor processes of modern factories. Two ethnographical case studies are presented from the perspective of a factory manager. He shows that high-trust and high-power relations between management and employees are the basic conditions for responsible, accountable, and successful organisations. In a philosophical argument, he develops an ethics of responsibility combining the ideas of humanity, trust and power on the shop floor, and the normative development of organisational structures."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Author : M.J. Verkerk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:800438585

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Trust and Power on the Shop Floor by M.J. Verkerk Pdf

Author : David L. Collinson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783110879162

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Managing the Shopfloor by David L. Collinson Pdf

Managing the Shopfloor: Subjectivity, Masculinity and Workplace Culture (Degruyter Studies in Organization).

Author : de Vries, Marc J.,Jochemsen, Henk
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781522580072

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The Normative Nature of Social Practices and Ethics in Professional Environments by de Vries, Marc J.,Jochemsen, Henk Pdf

Professionals function in what can be called “social practices.” Norms in the practice set professionals’ responsibilities and rights and classify what is seen as morally proper and improper. Tensions arise when norms emerge that are not coherent with the nature of the practice. For example, when a hospital is assessed on the basis of economic criteria only, staff will feel uncomfortable and find difficulty in functioning properly in that practice. The Normative Nature of Social Practices and Ethics in Professional Environments is an essential research book that helps professionals in a variety of practices understand how normativity in their practice either helps or hampers them to function well and align with what they see as their personal and professional responsibility. Additionally, it explains the normative practical model/approach and how it can be applied to a series of concrete practices, as well as the role of innovative and disruptive technologies in these practices. Featuring a broad range of topics such as governance theory, sustainable development, and engineering, this book is ideally designed for managers, philosophers, sociologists, professionals, academicians, and researchers.

Author : Jules Pretty,Andy Ball,Ted Benton,Julia Guivant,David R Lee,David Orr,Max Pfeffer,Professor Hugh Ward
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781446250082

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The SAGE Handbook of Environment and Society by Jules Pretty,Andy Ball,Ted Benton,Julia Guivant,David R Lee,David Orr,Max Pfeffer,Professor Hugh Ward Pdf

"A monumental and timely contribution to scholarship on society and environments. The handbook makes it easy and compelling for anyone to learn about that scholarship in its full manifestations and as represented by some of the most highly respected researchers and thinkers in the English-speaking world. It is wide-reaching in scope and far-reaching in its implications for public and private action, a definite must for serious researchers and their libraries." - Bonnie J McCay, Rutgers University "This is the desert island book for anyone interested in the relationship between society and the environment. The editors have assembled a masterful collection of contributions on every conceivable dimension of environmental thinking in the social sciences and humanities. No library should be without it!′ - Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne The SAGE Handbook of Environment and Society focuses on the interactions between people, societies and economies, and the state of nature and the environment. Editorially integrated but written from multi-disciplinary perspectives, it is organised in seven sections: Environmental thought: past and present Valuing the environment Knowledges and knowing Political economy of environmental change Environmental technologies Redesigning natures Institutions and policies for influencing the environment Key themes include: locations where the environment-society relation is most acute: where, for example, there are few natural resources or where industrialization is unregulated; the discussion of these issues at different scales: local, regional, national, and global; the cost of damage to resources; and the relation between principal actors in the environment-society nexus. Aimed at an international audience of academics, research students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers, The SAGE Handbook of Environment and Society presents readers in social science and natural science with a manual of the past, present and future of environment-society links.

Author : Peter J. Katzenstein
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501731471

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Industry and Politics in West Germany by Peter J. Katzenstein Pdf

Dynamic technological developments in industrial production, the rise of new social movements in national politics, and great changes in the international political economy have left a deep imprint on the Federal Republic. A compelling explanation of West Germany's success in maintaining economic prosperity and political stability under such challenging conditions has continued to elude observers. Under the editorship of Peter J. Katzenstein, thirteen distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic here provide an original interpretation of the political economy of the Bonn Republic during the forty years since its founding, and explore in particular its extraordinary capacity for accommodating change. Whereas studies in political economy have typically focused on one level of political action—either the shop floor, or national politics, or the international system—this innovative account analyzes the interaction of change at all three levels, bringing together case studies drawn from six manufacturing and service sectors.

Author : Avril Joffe
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Industrial management
ISBN : 9780889367777

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Improving Manufacturing Performance in South Africa by Avril Joffe Pdf

Improving Manufacturing Performance in South Africa

Author : José Luis Alvarez,Silviya Svejenova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1139447777

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Sharing Executive Power by José Luis Alvarez,Silviya Svejenova Pdf

In many companies, two or three executives jointly hold the responsibilities at the top-from the charismatic CEO who relies on the operational expertise of a COO, to co-CEOs who trust in inter-personal bonds to achieve professional results. Their collaboration is essential if they are to address the dilemmas of the top job and the demands of today's corporate governance. Sharing Executive Power examines the behaviour of such duos, trios and small teams, what roles their members play and how their professional and inter-personal relationships bind their work together. It answers some critical questions regarding when and how such power sharing units form and break up, how they perform and why they endure. Understanding their dynamics helps improve the design and composition of corporate power structures. The book is essential reading for academics, graduates, MBAs, and executives interested in enhancing teamwork and cooperation at the top.

Author : Reuven Shapira
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351795784

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Mismanagement, “Jumpers,” and Morality by Reuven Shapira Pdf

Executives’ morality and ethics became major research topics following recent business scandals, but the research missed a major explanation of executives’ immorality: career advancement by "jumping" between firms that causes ignorance of job-pertinent tacit local knowledge, tempting "jumpers" to covertly conceal this ignorance. Generating distrust and ignorance cycles and mismanagement, this choice bars performance-based career advancement and encourages immoral careerism, advancing by immoral subterfuges. Such careerism is a known managerial malady, but explaining its emergence proved challenging as managerial ignorance is covertly concealed as a dark secret on organizations’ dark side by conspiracies of silence. Managerially educated and experienced, Dr. Shapira achieved a breakthrough by a 5-year semi-native anthropological study of five "jumper"-managed automatic processing plants and their parent firms. This book untangles common ignorance and immoral careerism, concealed as dark secrets by executives who "rode" on the successes of mid-level "jumpers" who high-morally risked their authority and power by admitting ignorance and trustfully learned local tacit knowledge. The opposite choice tendencies accorded power, authority, and status rankings, which made practicing immorality easier the higher one’s position, suggesting that the common "jumping" between managerial careers nurtures immoral executives similar to those exposed in the recent business scandals.

Author : Ben Ives,Paul Potrac,Laura Gale,Lee Nelson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000466058

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Community Sport Coaching by Ben Ives,Paul Potrac,Laura Gale,Lee Nelson Pdf

In many Western nations, community sport coaches occupy a central role in supporting the physical health, mental wellbeing, and wider social development of individuals and communities. However, there is no existing academic textbook that examines the policy contexts in which their work is located or, indeed, the challenges and opportunities that are an inherent feature of their everyday practice. Bringing together an international team of leading researchers in sport policy, sport development, sport pedagogy, and sport coaching, as well as some of the best emerging talents, this book is the first to critically consider a range of policy and practice issues directly connected to community sport coaching. Comprehensive, timely, and cutting-edge, no other text brings together in one place such a depth and breadth of scholarly material addressing this important field of endeavour. This book is an essential resource for educators, students, practitioners, and policy makers concerned with community sport coaching globally.

Author : Christopher Mabey,Denise Skinner,Timothy A R Clark
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849206877

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Experiencing Human Resource Management by Christopher Mabey,Denise Skinner,Timothy A R Clark Pdf

By examining human resource management (HRM) techniques and processes from the `receiving end′, Experiencing Human Resource Management provides a rich and valuable view of HRM initiatives and strategies. If HRM is to contribute to the objectives of the organization, it is imperative to understand how HRM techniques are being applied and experienced. The current HRM literature is dominated by a managerial focus and perspective, however this book tells the experiences of employees in more than 20 organizations across a number of sectors and countries. It sets out to answer three questions: A decade or so from its arrival, is HRM delivering its promises? Of the many documented changes in workplace policies and practices, which can be distinctively attributed to HRM? Where changes are occurring in the name of HRM, who is benefitting?

Author : Peter Buckley,Pauline Found,Gary Griffiths,Glynn Harrison
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040081082

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Staying Lean by Peter Buckley,Pauline Found,Gary Griffiths,Glynn Harrison Pdf

The first edition of this highly acclaimed publication received a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Prize in 2009. Explaining how to create and sustain a Lean business, it followed Cogent Power‘s first two Lean Roadmaps along their journey. Since then, much has changed. Several members of Cogent Power‘s senior management have moved on, s

Author : H. C. MRUTHYUNJAYA
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788120346314

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BUSINESS ETHICS AND VALUE SYSTEMS by H. C. MRUTHYUNJAYA Pdf

This comprehensive and well-organised book deals with some of the basic issues associated with business ethics and value systems. It presents the views of different schools of thought on this subject and dissects the phenomenon of corruption to expose its root causes. The book provides a critical analysis of this social epidemic that forces corporates to become corrupt and remain unethical. Besides, it describes a few popular ethical theories, some of the key issues that affect ethical decision process and the role of total quality management in ensuring practice of good workplace ethics. Primarily intended for the postgraduate students of management and commerce, the book can also be used beneficially by practicing professionals. Key Features Presents more than forty live cases that show a cross-section view of different types of unethical practices. Gives model ethical codes for a few professions. Provides spreadsheets to enable satisfactory compliance with legal and statutory requirements.

Author : Thomas A. Kochan,Russell D. Lansbury,John Paul MacDuffie
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501731679

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After Lean Production by Thomas A. Kochan,Russell D. Lansbury,John Paul MacDuffie Pdf

Nearly every country that produces cars views the automobile industry as strategically important because of its direct economic significance and because it serves as a bellwether for innovation in employment conditions. In this book, industrial relations experts from eleven countries consider the state of the industry worldwide. They are particularly interested in assessing whether the loudly heralded model of lean production initiated by Toyota has become pervasive.The contributors focus on employment practices: the way work is organized, how workers and managers interact, the way worker representatives respond to lean production strategies, and the nature of the adaptation and innovation process itself.

Author : Carolina Bank Muñoz
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801460425

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Transnational Tortillas by Carolina Bank Muñoz Pdf

This book looks at the flip side of globalization: How does a company from the Global South behave differently when it also produces in the Global North? A Mexican tortilla company, "Tortimundo," has two production facilities within a hundred miles of each other, but on different sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The workers at the two factories produce the same product with the same technology, but have significantly different work realities. This "global factory" gives Carolina Bank Muñoz an ideal opportunity to reveal how management regimes and company policy on each side of the border apply different strategies to exploit their respective workforces' vulnerabilities. The author's in-depth ethnographic fieldwork shows that the U.S. factory is characterized by an "immigration regime" and the Mexican factory by a "gender regime." In the California factory, managers use state policy and laws related to immigration status to pit documented and undocumented workers against each other. Undocumented workers are subject to harsher punishment, night-shift work, and lower pay. In the Baja California factory, managers sexually harass women—who make up most of the workforce—and create divisions between light- and dark-skinned women, forcing them to compete for managerial attention, which they understand equates with job security. In describing and analyzing the differences in working conditions between the two plants, Bank Muñoz provides important new insights into how, in a globalized economy, managerial strategies for labor control are determined by the interaction of state policies and labor market conditions with race, gender, and class at the point of production.