The oxymoron of control in an era of globalisation : vulnerables of a mega myth / guest editors, Katinka Bijlsma-Frankema and Paul Koopman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bijlsma-Frankema, Katinka.

Koopman, Paul.

Series:

Journal of managerial psychology ; v. 19, no. 3.

Journal of managerial psychology ; v 19, no. 3, 2004

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Industrial.

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald Group Pub., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In response to developments around as well as within organisations, managers are faced with a control-commitment dilemma. A new rationality of governance has emerged besides the well-known rationality of bureaucratic control. This new set of governance strategies, which is presented under different labels such as commitment-based management or trust-based governance, is directed at access to and leverage of intangible resources like employee commitment, tacit knowledge and learning behaviours. In this special issue, six studies are presented that address the subject of how top management teams

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; The oxymoron of control in an era of globalisation; Control in collaborative research and technology development; Crisis in the transition of telecom alliance Unisource; Dilemmas of managerial control in post-acquisition processes; The depowerment of European middle managers; Implicit communication in organisations; The dark side of Japanese management in the 1990's

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-51520-1

9786610515202

1-84544-378-0

OCLC:

61406134