Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work.

Gual, Jordi & Ricart, Joan E

ISBN 10: 1840647132 / ISBN 13: 9781840647136

Published by Edward Elgar 2001, 2001

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Hardcover with dustjacket. Very light wear to dustjacket. Book almost as new. 250 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work.
• Publisher: Edward Elgar 2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840647132
• ISBN 13: 9781840647136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economy

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Synopsis

New technologies, global markets and increased competitive pressures mean that companies are having to reinvent themselves, reappraise their competitive strategies and rethink the ways in which they organize business activities. This timely book illustrates how changes in strategy can translate into organizational changes within the firm itself and can influence the relationship between the firm and their employees and collaborators.

The authors provide a broad theoretical and empirical assessment of these complex changes, their effect on the nature of employment, and the consequences for both employers and employees. They develop a framework that encompasses the interaction between the strategic reactions of businesses to a changing environment and the restrictions imposed by social institutions. A key theme of the book is that we are now living in an age of transition where concepts such as job security, which have played a crucial role in society, are no longer valid. Indeed, the importance of the research presented in the book is underlined by the social and political implications such changes will undoubtedly bring. Significantly, the authors view the subject matter from an interdisciplinary perspective applying tools from the fields of organizational behavior, sociology and psychology.

Social economists, employment analysts, business managers, and scholars of strategic management and organizational studies will value this integrated assessment of the challenges and changes facing modern firms.

About the Author

Edited by Jordi Gual, Deputy Director General, Head of Research, Caja de Ahorros y Pensiones de Barcelona - ‘la Caixa’, Spain and Joan E. Ricart, Professor of General Management, Chairman, General Management Department and Director of the Ph.D. Program, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain