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System, Actor and Process: Keywords in Organization Studies is
intended as an epistemological 'compass' to navigate through the
multifaceted key concepts typically used in organizational practice
and research. The book illustrates thirty-four keywords using a
tripartite structure: each keyword is briefly discussed from three
points of view, namely the system-centered, actor-centered and
process-centered conception of organization, which reflects the
options emerging from contemporary epistemological debate in
organizational studies and, more generally, in social sciences,
namely objectivism, subjectivism, and the Weberian "third way".
Primarily addressed to researchers and academics in organization
studies, this book is also a useful resource for undergraduate or
postgraduate students, for whom it may represent a thorough
introduction to organizational concepts. It will also be a valuable
tool for managers to apply in their everyday practice.
System, Actor and Process: Keywords in Organization Studies is
intended as an epistemological 'compass' to navigate through the
multifaceted key concepts typically used in organizational practice
and research. The book illustrates thirty-four keywords using a
tripartite structure: each keyword is briefly discussed from three
points of view, namely the system-centered, actor-centered and
process-centered conception of organization, which reflects the
options emerging from contemporary epistemological debate in
organizational studies and, more generally, in social sciences,
namely objectivism, subjectivism, and the Weberian "third way".
Primarily addressed to researchers and academics in organization
studies, this book is also a useful resource for undergraduate or
postgraduate students, for whom it may represent a thorough
introduction to organizational concepts. It will also be a valuable
tool for managers to apply in their everyday practice.
This edited volume explores the old and new "collective dimensions"
of employment relations. It examines specific challenges stemming
from new forms of work of the digital and sharing economy, such as
measurement, monitoring, assessment, and remuneration of work, the
protection of work-life balance, the impact of new technologies on
health and safety, the adaptation of occupational skills to new
work processes, and the responses to the digital restructuring of
undertakings. It addresses a series of questions such as how the
representational action of unions and works councils can adapt to
the challenges posed by new production systems and whether the
legislative framework needs to be reformed to ensure that digital
workers enjoy the right to collective representation. This
important collection offers readers a renewed theoretical
perspective and justification of the role that the dialogue between
workers (representatives) and companies could play in an
increasingly complex world of work.
Contributing to the debate on work performance evaluation in a time
of technological transformation, this book explores the impact of
digitisation on production and organisation models, as well as on
the rights and interests of the stakeholders involved. As
organisations down-size, merge with other companies and become
decentralised, the boundaries in employer-employee-customer
relationships are blurred and new models for the organisation and
assessment of work performance have emerged. With these new models,
innovative regulatory approaches are sorely needed. Taking an
interdisciplinary approach and drawing on theoretical concepts from
organisation studies, human resource management, sociology and
labour economics, this all-encompassing collection is not only
essential reading for academics and students, but also for
policy-makers and employers who are looking for innovative and
practical solutions to the challenges of modern employment
relations.
This edited volume explores the old and new "collective dimensions"
of employment relations. It examines specific challenges stemming
from new forms of work of the digital and sharing economy, such as
measurement, monitoring, assessment, and remuneration of work, the
protection of work-life balance, the impact of new technologies on
health and safety, the adaptation of occupational skills to new
work processes, and the responses to the digital restructuring of
undertakings. It addresses a series of questions such as how the
representational action of unions and works councils can adapt to
the challenges posed by new production systems and whether the
legislative framework needs to be reformed to ensure that digital
workers enjoy the right to collective representation. This
important collection offers readers a renewed theoretical
perspective and justification of the role that the dialogue between
workers (representatives) and companies could play in an
increasingly complex world of work.
Contributing to the debate on work performance evaluation in a time
of technological transformation, this book explores the impact of
digitisation on production and organisation models, as well as on
the rights and interests of the stakeholders involved. As
organisations down-size, merge with other companies and become
decentralised, the boundaries in employer-employee-customer
relationships are blurred and new models for the organisation and
assessment of work performance have emerged. With these new models,
innovative regulatory approaches are sorely needed. Taking an
interdisciplinary approach and drawing on theoretical concepts from
organisation studies, human resource management, sociology and
labour economics, this all-encompassing collection is not only
essential reading for academics and students, but also for
policy-makers and employers who are looking for innovative and
practical solutions to the challenges of modern employment
relations.
This book addresses the impact of Covid-19 on employment relations
and provides a reconstruction and a critical assessment of the
measures enacted worldwide to tackle the economic and social crisis
triggered by the global health emergency. The pandemic has
been a booster of critical issues that for years have been silently
shaping society and the labor market and so it can represent an
opportunity to relaunch a critical analysis on the future of work.
Beginning from this assumption, this book collects contributions
from different disciplines, including law, economics and
organization theory. It covers topics such as the measures enacted
to protect workers’ health and cushion the labour, the new
inequalities that emerged during the pandemic and the strategies to
construct a sustainable and human-centred development in the post
pandemic scenario. It is highly relevant to scholars and students
of organisation studies, resilience, the labour market and labour
law.
Contributing to recent debate on the emergence of digital and agile
work, this book explores the implications for labour and employment
relations within and beyond organizational boundaries. Taking a
multidisciplinary approach to the key issues and challenges of
digitalization, this collection covers topics such as the gig
economy, crowdworking and Industry 4.0. Theory and analysis are
combined as the authors examine the impact of digital and smart
work on organization, HRM and labour law. With comprehensive
empirical evidence for those interested in understanding the more
complex trajectories of today's transforming work relationships,
this book will not only appeal to students and academics but also
to policy-makers, trade unionists and employers' organizations.
This book, adopting a multidisciplinary approach, investigates the
definition of autonomous work and the kind of protection it
receives and should receive in a global perspective. The book
advocates for the existence of genuine autonomous work to be
distinguished from employment and false self-employment. It
deserves specific attention from legislators in the view of
removing any obstacles to the exercise of freedom of association
and collective action at large. The book is divided into two parts.
The first focuses on the evolving notion of autonomy and its
consequences on social protection, offering a theoretical frame
from an organizational, political and legal point of view. The
second aims at discovering new regulatory and protective horizons
for autonomous work, in the light of blockchain, platform work, EU
Competition Law, social security and liberal professions. Finally,
the authors offer insights and recommendations on how to protect
work beyond categories.
Information systems are researched, published on, and utilized as
an extremely broad and vital sector of current technology
development, usually studied from the scientific or technological
viewpoints therein. Phenomenology, Organizational Politics, and IT
Design: The Social Study of Information Systems offers a new look
at the latest research and critical issues within the field of
information systems by creating solid theoretical frameworks and
the latest empirical findings of social developments.
Professionals, academics, and researchers working with information
will find this volume a compelling and vital resource for a cross
fertilization among different, yet complementary, and strictly
connected domains of scientific knowledge, consisting of
information systems research, philosophy of social science, and
organizational studies.
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