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Record Nr.

UNINA9910667714603321

Autore

West Penny <1951->

Titolo

Organisational learning in the automotive sector / / Penny West

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-60112-3

1-134-60113-1

1-280-32632-8

0-203-18336-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in management and business studies

Disciplina

629.2068

Soggetti

Automobile industry and trade - Management

Organizational learning

Comparative management

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Organisational learning and change in the automotive sector; The learning organisation: historical and conceptual foundations; Learning in organisations: theory and practice; The relationship between learning and change; The case studies: the Rover Group and Volvo, Creative Engineering and XZZ Components; Emerging themes for organisational effectiveness in the automotive sector; Discussion and analysis: the Rover Group and Volvo; Discussion and analysis: Creative Engineering and XZZ Components

Summary and conclusionsBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book considers the concepts of organisational learning and the learning organisation, and critically examines their take up within the context of four contemporary work organisations in the European automotive sector. Within this dynamic environment, the pursuit and implementation of approaches that encourage individuals to learn and challenge existing orthodoxy are now dominant on the management agenda. Changes to processes, structures, cultures and the employment relationship per se.