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Informationen zum Autor John Hassard is Professor of Organisational Analysis at Manchester Business School! Manchester University! and Fellow in Management Learning at the Judge Business School! University of Cambridge. Professor Hassard has published 13 books! over 100 research articles and received a large number of awards from UK research councils. He is currently a council member of the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies. Leo McCann is Lecturer in International and Comparative Management at Manchester Business School! Manchester University. He has conducted qualitative research in many large firms across several countries! from transitional to highly developed economies. He has published a number of articles on the subject of white-collar work in journals such as Human Relations! Journal of Management Studies! and Organization Studies. Jonathan Morris is Professor in Organisational Analysis and Head of the Human Resource Management Section at Cardiff Business School! Cardiff University. He has written a number of books on human resource management and employment studies and regularly publishes in journals such as Organization Studies! Journal of Management Studies! Public Administration! and Human Relations. Klappentext This books is an examination of the effects of organizational restructuring in large corporations. Zusammenfassung In recent years! widespread organisational change in large corporations has almost invariably led to work intensification and increased stress for managers. Based on interviews with managers working in the USA! UK and Japan! this book examines the effects of organisational restructuring and suggests possibilities for saner! less brutal organisational environments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; About the cover; 1. Going under the knife: downsizing and delayering the modern corporation; 2. Exploring corporate life: a realist view on management restructuring; 3. Living in the house that Jack built: management restructuring in America; 4. Maximising shareholder value: management restructuring in Britain; 5. New world of the salaryman: management restructuring in Japan; 6. Fighting back? Addressing the human costs of management restructuring; Appendix; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index....
