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Building the Flexible Firm

Author : Henk Wijtze Volberda

Publisher :

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 23,77 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780198295952

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How do firms cope with changing environments? Is flexibility really the solution? Based on an Igor Ansoff Award winning study, Building the Flexible Firm shows how flexibility has become the new strategic challenge for contemporary firms. Offering a wealth of insights and based on extensive interviews with practitioners, Henk Volberda provides a strategic framework which explains what types of flexibility are effective under different organizational conditions and environmental characteristics. He also demonstrates an integrated method for diagnosing a firm's flexibility and for guiding the transition to greater flexibility and responsiveness.



Flexible Firm

Author : Jakob Krause-Jensen

Publisher : Berghahn Books

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 24,24 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781845456689

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Bang & Olufsen, the famous Danish producer of high-end home electronics, is well known as an early exponent of value-based management: the idea that there should be consistency in what the organisation does, a certain continuity between what the company develops and sells, and the beliefs and practices of the employees. This study investigates how company values are communicated and the collective identity is articulated through the use of such concepts as 'culture', 'fundamental values', and 'corporate religion', as well as how employees negotiate these ideas in their daily working lives. As this book reveals, the identification of values, meant to create cohesion and solidarity among employees, came to symbolise and engender a split between the staff and the other parts of the company. By examining the rise and fall of the value-based management approach, this volume offers the indispensible insight of anthropological enquiry to expose how social realities challenge conventional management strategies and therefore must be considered in the development of new management techniques.



The Flexible Firm

Author : Julian Birkinshaw

Publisher : OUP Oxford

Page : 250 pages

File Size : 26,27 MB

Release : 2000-03-16

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0191584061

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The pace of change in the business world is becoming faster. This book provides a detailed account of the network-like organization forms that some firms are adopting to make themselves more flexible and responsive to changing technologies and customer demands. As these organizations become more pervasive, the winners will be those firms that develop the specific capabilities that are needed to thrive in a networked world. Paradoxically, such capabilities are developed not only at the firm level, but also in the relationships the firm has with its external network and in the operating units within the firm. This perspective has implications for the 'resource-based view of the firm' in the field of strategic management, suggesting that the development of capabilities is a more complex and multi-level process than was traditionally thought. This book brings together eleven chapters, each focusing on a particular aspect of capability development in the networked firm. It is based on research in five big Swedish firms (Ericsson, Volvo, Skandia, Pharmacia & Upjohn, SE Banken) as well as a number of other well-known firms such as HP and ABB. The book will be essential reading for advanced students in strategy and international business wanting to keep abreast of current thinking and company practices.



People Resourcing

Author : Stephen Taylor

Publisher : CIPD Publishing

Page : 508 pages

File Size : 14,45 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781843980773

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People Resourcing is the leading textbook for students taking the CIPD People Resourcing module. The text provides a highly practical and accessible text for students taking modules in this area. All the main elements of people resourcing are examined in detail. There is a particular focus on human resource planning, recruitment advertising, performance management, dismissal and redundancy and retirement. A wide range of examples drawn from different sectors and occupational groups illustrate the core concepts. The author is one of the CIPD's national examiners for Leadership and Management, and has a wide range of experience as an examiner and lecturer in the Human Resource Management area.



People Management and Development

Author : Mick Marchington

Publisher : CIPD Publishing

Page : 628 pages

File Size : 29,21 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780852929261

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This is the leading textbook for students taking the CIPD professional qualification and has been fully revised and rewritten to take account of the new academic standards that will be taught from September 2002. The title has been changed from Core Personnel and Development to People Management and Development to reflect the change in the standards.



CIMA Official Learning System Integrated Management

Author : Ann Norton

Publisher : Elsevier

Page : 608 pages

File Size : 15,28 MB

Release : 2008-09-10

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 075068769X

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The 2009 edition of CIMA's Official Learning Systems has been written in conjunction with the Examiner to fully reflect what could be tested in the exam. Fully revised with additional readings and examples the 2009 Learning Systems provide complete study material for the May and November 2009 exams The fully revised paperback editions feature colour throughout and includes: * practice questions throughout * complete revision section * topic summaries * recommended reading articles from a range of journals * Q & A's CIMA Learning Systmes are the only study materials endorsed and recomended by CIMA



A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice

Author : Michael Armstrong

Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers

Page : 1012 pages

File Size : 46,59 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780749446314

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Book Description

A fully updated and revised tenth edition of this classic, best selling textbook. It remains the primary text for all students studying HRM - both undergraduate and postgraduate, as well as for students of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) diploma. The Handbook also continues to be an essential reference source for all managers concerned with personnel and HRM issues. This new edition of A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice contains a number of significant additions and revisions including substantial revisions to seventeen chapters and new chapters on: Human Capital Management, the Role of the Front Line Manager; HR Strategies; Developing and Implementing HR Strategies and Learning and Development. The new edition also contains updated material based on recent developments in HRM policy and practice and a wide range of surveys and research projects conducted by professional associations and research bodies.



An Introduction to Human Resource Management

Author : Nick Wilton

Publisher : SAGE

Page : 545 pages

File Size : 12,53 MB

Release : 2010-09-15

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1446241297

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This exciting new introductory text in human resource management moves beyond a prescriptive approach to provide a holistic overview of the role of HRM in its contemporary context. Acknowledging and reflecting upon key trends in HRM, the labour market and the broader economy, the author offers critical discussion of the theoretical and practical issues surrounding HRM. Includes accessible learning features to help you best explore the material, including: - 'research', 'ethics' and 'international' insight boxes; - chapter summaries and objectives; - self-test questions; - recommended reading; - end of chapter case studies. An accompanying companion website (www.sagepub.co.uk/wilton) provides you with full-text journal articles, extended case studies, weblinks and a glossary. The website also provides an instructor's manual, PowerPoint slides and a multiple-choice test bank for lecturers. This book is essential reading for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students, as well as those studying for their CIPD qualifications. Nick Wilton is Senior Lecturer in HRM at Bristol Business School at the University of the West of England. "Well-researched, well-written, and is clearly signposted and structured for the reader. The learning objectives at the outset of every chapter act as a clear guide for each topic explored. Additional references and further reading are also offered to the student seeking deeper knowledge. Case studies, throughout the book, bring the HRM theories to life and demonstrably link these with practice. Wilton’s book is an extremely useful core text for students of HRM and a welcome addition to HRM resources" - Denise Bagley, Principal Lecturer in Human Resource Management, London South Bank University



A Flexible Future?

Author : Paul Blyton

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 30,39 MB

Release : 2017-11-07

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 3110863340

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Fordism and Flexibility

Author : Roger Burrows

Publisher : Springer

Page : 212 pages

File Size : 22,47 MB

Release : 1992-06-12

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1349135267

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During the 1980s there were profound changes in the labour process towards the 'flexible worker' and in the labour market towards a 'flexible workforce'. Three approaches to explain these changes provide the focus for this book: Marxist regulation theory; the notion of flexible specialisation associated with the 'new' institutional economics; and the model of the flexible firm derived from managerialist literature. In the book, the claims made by these approaches are investigated and their implications are examined in relation to emerging patterns of work in advanced societies.