The human firm : a socio-economic analysis of its behavior and potential in a new economic age / / John F. Tomer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779937503321
• Autore: Tomer John F.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• ISBN: 1-134-63802-7; 1-280-31738-8; 0-203-45692-0; 0-203-25820-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Collana: Advances in social economics.
• Disciplina: 658.4/08
• Soggetti: Social responsibility of business; Industries - Social aspects; Industries - Environmental aspects; Issues management; Industrial sociology; Human capital
• 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 (p. [210]-221) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; About the author; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Embeddedness and organizational capital: applying two key concepts; The human firm in the socio-economy: embeddedness and socio-economic failure; Organizational capital and joining-up: linking the individual to the organization and to society; Competitiveness: rational decision making, flexibility and integration, and leadership; Rational organizational decision making in the human firm: a socio-economic model; Strategy and structure in the human firm: beyond hierarchy, toward flexibility and integration Beyond the machine model of the firm: toward a holistic human model; Responsibility in relationships with stakeholders: community, employees, customers and government; Social responsibility in the human firm: toward a new theory of the firm's external relationships; The human firm in the natural environment: a socio-economic analysis of its behavior; Beyond ; transaction markets, toward relationship marketing in the human firm: a socio-economic model; A new rationale for industrial policy: developing the capabilities of the learning firmConclusion; Summing up: firms, policies and economic systems in a new economic age; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book argues that in the age of globalisation and rapid technological change, an understanding of business behaviour and government policy towards business requires an appreciation of the firm's human dimension.