Research on organisational learning is limited in three ways; in terms of the type of organisation and the type of employees which are seen to benefit from a learning culture; and in terms of the consensual assumptions made about the nature of learning within the workplace, assumptions which...

"This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into concrete, day-to-day practices at the Motorola plant in East Kilbride, UK. Using eyewitness accounts, the book describes how employees dealt with the increased...

1. The will to empower : governing the workplace -- 2. Working for the Yankee dollar -- 3. Greenfield site, Greenfield labour? -- 4. 'Not just another number' : empowerment, discipline, and teamworking freedom -- 5. Confession, discipline, and freedom -- 6. 'Just like any other factory'.

Many academics have highlighted the emergence of programmed change initiatives such as TQM and BPR and have chronicled how “seductive” these ideas appear to have been in the corporate world. Moreover, a burgeoning consultancy industry has emerged, with management consultants fuelling the...

Discusses the issue of computer‐aided design/computer‐aided manufacturing (CADCAM) integration from an organizational point of view. The installation of cross‐functional integrating technology in manufacturing organizations involves technical problems related to hardware, software and...

Purpose – Modern bureaucracies are under reconstruction, bureaucracy being no longer “modern”; they are becoming “post” bureaucratic. Defining the post‐bureaucratic organization as a hybrid form provides insight into the intrinsic difficulties involved in the refurbishment of large...