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The competitiveness of European companies is largley dependent on their ability to adapt to new social and technical innovations. This often involves major realignments of their business ideas, work organization and technology, and also requires the development of new competencies on the part of production personnel. This text examines the processes which take place within companies undergoing such realignments. It provides a frame of reference for evaluating the character, depth and stability of the changes taking place, and the nature of the competencies which emerge. This framework offers a tool which managment and unions can utilize when dealing with these issues in real life. The application of this framework is illustrated by 11 case studies based on manufacturing and process industry companies from different European countries.

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Author:   Peter Docherty ,  Barry Nyhan ,  B. Nyhan
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9783540199724

ISBN 10:   3540199721
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   04 December 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1. Understanding Industry in Transition.- 2. Understanding Changing Competence Demands.- 3. Meeting the New Challenges.- 4. A New Plant Designed as a Learning Organisation: Aluminium Dunkerque.- 5. From Workers to Business Partners: A Response to Crisis in Bord na Mona.- 6. Manducher: A Capability-based Strategy in the Plastics Industry.- 7. Improving Performance through Entrepreneurship at Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts.- 8. Developing Unique Production and Work Structuring Principles through a Creative Search and Learning Process: The Volvo Uddevalla Final Assembly Plant.- 9. Semi-Autonomous Work Groups at Audi-Volkswagen.- 10. The Impact of TQM Strategy on Worker Roles and Competence at Cadbury.- 11. Many Small Companies under One Roof: The Production Island Principle at Feiten & Guilleaume.- 12. The Development of ‘Collective Intelligence’ at Autoplastique.- 13. A Learning Opportunity on the Shopfloor at AB Bygg och Transportekonomi.- 14. The Evolution of Management Thinking on Production Systems at Clark-Hurth.- 15. A Human Centred Framework of Learning as Social and Organisational Innovation.

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