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The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Oxford Handbook of Work and Organization (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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The last twenty-five years of the twentieth century was a period of
extraordinary change in organizations and the economies of the
developed world. This continues today. Such has been the scale and
momentum of events that, for some analysts, the only comparable
periods are the early part of the twentieth century in which the
shift to mass production and large-scale organization was
accomplished, or the industrial revolution itself a hundred years
earlier. Researchers in Europe and the USA in particular have been
studying change in work and organizations, but there has been
little attempt to systematize and draw together the results of
their work. So far, the emphasis amongst writers on organizations
considering the problem of contemporary change has been on ways of
conceptualizing events, rather than also considering evidence. But
what has actually happened? How much of the flux of events is real
change, and how much mere change in emphasis in which apparent
change is overlaying organizational continuity? How far are changes
in particular events and sectors connected, and is an overall
understanding of complex processes possible? The Oxford Handbook of
Work and Organization aims to bring together, present and discuss
what is currently known about work and organizations and their
connection to broader economic change in Europe and America. Issues
of conceptualization are not neglected but, in contrast to other
comparable volumes, the emphasis is firmly on what is known what
and has been observed by researchers. The volume contains a range
of theoretically informed essays, written by leading authorities in
their respective fields, giving comprehensive coverage of changes
in work, occupations, and organizations. It constitutes an
invaluable overview of the accumulated understanding of research
into work, occupations and organizations in recent decades. It
shows that in almost every aspect of economic institutions, change
has been considerable. The subject area of work, occupations and
organizations is considered in four major sections of the volume:
I, Work, Technology, and the Division of Labour; II, Managerial
Regimes and Employee Responses; III, Occupations and Organizations;
and IV, Organizations and Organized Systems. In this way the
contemporary situation in work and organizations is considered
extensively in its different dimensions and interconnections. The
contributors have been selected for their expertise and include
many leading authors in organizational analysis and substantive
research. The handbook is thus an authoritative statement, and
offers a valuable account of organizations at this time.
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