Trust and power on the shop floor : an ethnographical, ethical and philosophical study on responsible behaviour in industrial organisations / Maarten Johannes Verkerk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verkerk, Maarten Johannes, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational behavior--Case studies.

Organizational behavior.

Social responsibility of business--Netherlands.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Delft, Netherlands : Eburon Academic Publishers, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trust and Power on the Shop Floor examines the shop floor processes of modern factories through two case studies. Maarten Verkerk draws on ethnography, organizational theory, and philosophy to offer an insightful analysis of how high-trust and high-power relations between management and labor are the keys to successful organizations. Verkerk ultimately offers a masterful study of the dynamics of the modern industrial organization.

Contents:

TRUST AND POWER ON THE SHOP FLOOR

Contents

Preface

Prologue

CHAPTER 1 Paradoxes on the shop floor

1 Introduction

2 The shop floor in stories

3 A 'new world of work'

4 Responsibility in a technological age

5 Motive, research questions, and objectives

CHAPTER 2 New production concepts

2 Frederick Taylor: The 'One best way'

3 Socio-Technical Systems Design: Participative Democracy

4 Lean Production: The elimination of waste

5 Business Process Reengineering: The redesign of business processes

6 The Mini-Company Concept: People make it happen

7 Evaluation

CHAPTER 3 Case studies

1 Methodological approach

2 Case study: Ceramic Multilayer Actuators Roermond

3 Case study: The Aachen Glass Factory

4 Comparison of the Roermond and Aachen cases

CHAPTER 4 Evaluation

1 Recapitulation

2 Basic beliefs, social criticism, and intellectual tradition

3 The manager as ethnographer

4 Socio-dynamic conditions: Trust and Power

Appendix: Trust: a review

5 Philosophical analysis of industrial organisations

6 The design and development of a responsible industrial organisation

Appendix 1: Philosophical ethics: diversity, strengths, and limitations

Epilogue

Samenvatting

References

Acknowledgements

Curriculum Vitae.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 5, 2014).

ISBN:

90-5972-915-3

OCLC:

891381406