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The new division of labour : emerging forms of work organisation in international perspective / edited by Wolfgang Littek and Tony Charles.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- de Gruyter Studies in Organization
- De Gruyter studies in organization ; 67
- de Gruyter Studies in Organization ; 67
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Division of labor--Europe--Case studies.
- Division of labor.
- Industrial organization--Europe--Case studies.
- Industrial organization.
- Comparative management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (528 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2010
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The New Division of Labor: Emerging Forms of Work Organization in International Perspective.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Introduction / Littek, Wolfgang / Charles, Tony
- Part I. Basic Issues in the New Division of Labour
- Introduction to Part 1
- Chapter 1: Trust as a Basis of Work Organisation / Heisig, Ulrich / Littek, Wolfgang
- Chapter 2: Meta-Corporations and Open Labour Markets: Some Consequences of the Reintegration of Conception and Execution in a Volatile Economy / Sabel, Charles
- Chapter 3: New Production Concepts and the Restructuring of Work / Schumann, Michael / Baethge-Kinsky, Volker / Kuhlmann, Martin / Kurz, Constanze / Neumann, Uwe
- Chapter 4: Gender and Technology: An Appraisal of the Labour Process Debate / Webster, Juliet
- Chapter 5: Globalisation, New Production Systems and the Spatial Division of Labour / Gordon, Richard
- Chapter 6: Continuities and Discontinuities in the Sociology of the Division of Labour / Bögenhold, Dieter
- Part II. The New Division of Labour in Comparative Perspective
- Introduction to Part II
- Chapter 7: The New Division of Labour in Europe / Charles, Tony
- Chapter 8: The Changing Face of Service Work in European Countries / Mok, Albert L. / Geldof, Dirk
- Chapter 9: New Technologies and Post-Taylorist Regulation Models: Production Planning Systems in French, Italian, and German Enterprises / Dubois, Pierre / Heidenreich, Martin / La Rosa, Michele / Schmidt, Gert
- Chapter 10: The Social Foundations of Technical Innovation:Engineers in the Division of Labour in France and Japan / Maurice, Marc
- Chapter 11: Lean Production in Japan: Myth and Reality / Jürgens, Ulrich
- Part III. Case Studies on the New Division of Labour
- Introduction to Part III
- Chapter 12: Taylorism Never Got Hold of Skilled White-Collar Work in Germany / Littek, Wolfgang / Heisig, Ulrich
- Chapter 13: Innovation, Employment Systems and Division of Labour: An Analysis of the Canadian Banking Sector / Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle
- Chapter 14: Office Work, Gender and Technological Change: The Portuguese Case / Ferreira, Virginia
- Chapter 15: The Division of Labour between Centre and Periphery in Industrial Networks: The Case of Galicia, Spain / Hoss, Dietrich / Herranz, Roberto
- Chapter 16: Frictions in the New Division of Labour: Cooperation between Producers and Suppliers in the German Automobile Industry / Endres, Egon / Wehner, Theo
- Chapter 17: Technological Change and Work Relations in the British Coal Mining Industry / Tomaney, John / Winterton, Jonathan
- Chapter 18: Job Redesign at Finnish Shipyards - Causes and Consequences / Niemelä, Jukka / Leimu, Heikki
- Notes on Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783110890747
- 3110890747
- OCLC:
- 843635760
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