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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449816803321

Titolo

The oxymoron of control in an era of globalisation [[electronic resource] ] : vulnerables of a mega myth / / guest editors, Katinka Bijlsma-Frankema and Paul Koopman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, England], : Emerald Group Pub., 2004

ISBN

1-280-51520-1

9786610515202

1-84544-378-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Collana

Journal of managerial psychology ; ; v 19, no. 3, 2004

Altri autori (Persone)

Bijlsma-FrankemaKatinka

KoopmanPaul

Disciplina

158.7

Soggetti

Psychology, Industrial

Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; The oxymoron of control in an era of globalisation; Control in collaborative research and technology development; Crisis in the transition of telecom alliance Unisource; Dilemmas of managerial control in post-acquisition processes; The depowerment of European middle managers; Implicit communication in organisations; The dark side of Japanese management in the 1990's

Sommario/riassunto

In response to developments around as well as within organisations, managers are faced with a control-commitment dilemma. A new rationality of governance has emerged besides the well-known rationality of bureaucratic control. This new set of governance strategies, which is presented under different labels such as commitment-based management or trust-based governance, is directed at access to and leverage of intangible resources like employee commitment, tacit knowledge and learning behaviours. In this special issue, six studies are presented that address the subject of how top management teams