The human firm : a socio-economic analysis of its behavior and potential in a new economic age / John F. Tomer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomer, John F.

Contributor:

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Series:

Advances in social economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business.

Industries--Social aspects.

Industries.

Industries--Environmental aspects.

Issues management.

Industrial sociology.

Human capital.

Physical Description:

xvii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Embeddedness and organizational capital: applying two key concepts. The human firm in the socio-economy: embeddedness and socio-economic failure

Organizational capability and joining-up: linking the individual to the organization and to society

pt. 2. Competitiveness: rational decision making, flexibility and integration, and leadership. Rational organizational decision making in the human firm: a socio-economic model

Strategy and structure in the human firm: beyond hierarchy, toward flexibility and integration

Beyond the machine model of the firm: toward a holistic human model

pt. 3. Responsibility in relationships with stakeholders: community, employees, customers and government. Social responsibility in the human firm: toward a new theory of the firm's external relationships

The human firm in the natural environment: a socio-economic analysis of its behavior

Beyond transaction markets, toward relationship marketing in the human firm: a socio-economic model

A new rationale for industrial policy: developing the capabilities of the learning firm

pt. 4. Conclusion. Summing up: firms, policies and economic systems in a new economic age.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [210]-221) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

0415199271

OCLC:

39615064