Managing Innovation and Change - People, Technology and Strategy

Informationen zum Autor Jon Clark is Professor of Industrial Relations in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton. Klappentext `Jon Clark's book, where the relationship between technology and man is explored, looks at just one establishment, Pirelli General's Aberdare suite. An extremely well-written sociological account of more than 10 years of massive technological, human resource and competitive change in one factory, it analyses the impact of automation and its implications for the workforce and the future of organisational life. It covers the conflicts, the decision-making processes, the failures and successes of this venture, in a narrative form that makes a cogent case study of green- and brown-field development in the automated factory of the future.... also a good practice example of technological innovation and creative human-resource management - Times Higher Educational Supplement Zusammenfassung The narrative of this text follows ten years of a major initiative by Pirelli General - the creation and operation of an automated "factory of the future". Topics and themes developed and analyzed include: strategy formulation; and "strategy and structure". Inhaltsverzeichnis Initiating Strategic Innovation Justifying Strategic Innovation Siting an Experimental Plant Choosing the New Technology The Retreat from Full Automation Designing a New Human Resource Strategy The Retreat from Full Flexibility Designing and Operating a Single-Union Agreement Managing Quality and Continuous Improvement Leadership in Context A Happy Ending? Conclusion Learning from the Management of Strategic Innovation Postscript - Stanley Crooks The Aberdare Building Wire Project: A Personal View

Product details

• Authors: Jon Clark
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.1995
• EAN: 9780803989450
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-8945-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Quality Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations, business strategy, Personnel & human resources management, Production & quality control management, Personnel and human resources management, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Production and quality control management, Organization Design & Development;Organizational Behavior