1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785818903321

Titolo

The new division of labour [[electronic resource] ] : emerging forms of work organisation in international perspective / / edited by Wolfgang Littek and Tony Charles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 1995

ISBN

3-11-089074-7

Edizione

[Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (528 p.)

Collana

de Gruyter Studies in Organization ; ; 67

Classificazione

QM 000

Altri autori (Persone)

LittekW <1937-> (Wolfgang)

CharlesTony <1946->

Disciplina

306.3/615/094

Soggetti

Division of labor - Europe

Industrial organization - Europe

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Introduction / Littek, Wolfgang / Charles, Tony -- Part I. Basic Issues in the New Division of Labour -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Chapter 1: Trust as a Basis of Work Organisation / Heisig, Ulrich / Littek, Wolfgang -- Chapter 2: Meta-Corporations and Open Labour Markets: Some Consequences of the Reintegration of Conception and Execution in a Volatile Economy / Sabel, Charles -- Chapter 3: New Production Concepts and the Restructuring of Work / Schumann, Michael / Baethge-Kinsky, Volker / Kuhlmann, Martin / Kurz, Constanze / Neumann, Uwe -- Chapter 4: Gender and Technology: An Appraisal of the Labour Process Debate / Webster, Juliet -- Chapter 5: Globalisation, New Production Systems and the Spatial Division of Labour / Gordon, Richard -- Chapter 6: Continuities and Discontinuities in the Sociology of the Division of Labour / Bögenhold, Dieter -- Part II. The New Division of Labour in Comparative Perspective -- Introduction to Part II -- Chapter 7: The New Division of Labour in Europe / Charles, Tony -- Chapter 8: The Changing Face of Service Work in European Countries / Mok, Albert L. / Geldof, Dirk -- Chapter 9: New Technologies and Post-Taylorist Regulation Models: Production Planning Systems in French, Italian, and German Enterprises / Dubois, Pierre / Heidenreich, Martin / La Rosa, Michele / Schmidt, Gert --



Chapter 10: The Social Foundations of Technical Innovation:Engineers in the Division of Labour in France and Japan / Maurice, Marc -- Chapter 11: Lean Production in Japan: Myth and Reality / Jürgens, Ulrich -- Part III. Case Studies on the New Division of Labour -- Introduction to Part III -- Chapter 12: Taylorism Never Got Hold of Skilled White-Collar Work in Germany / Littek, Wolfgang / Heisig, Ulrich -- Chapter 13: Innovation, Employment Systems and Division of Labour: An Analysis of the Canadian Banking Sector / Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle -- Chapter 14: Office Work, Gender and Technological Change: The Portuguese Case / Ferreira, Virginia -- Chapter 15: The Division of Labour between Centre and Periphery in Industrial Networks: The Case of Galicia, Spain / Hoss, Dietrich / Herranz, Roberto -- Chapter 16: Frictions in the New Division of Labour: Cooperation between Producers and Suppliers in the German Automobile Industry / Endres, Egon / Wehner, Theo -- Chapter 17: Technological Change and Work Relations in the British Coal Mining Industry / Tomaney, John / Winterton, Jonathan -- Chapter 18: Job Redesign at Finnish Shipyards - Causes and Consequences / Niemelä, Jukka / Leimu, Heikki -- Notes on Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The New Division of Labor: Emerging Forms of Work Organization in International Perspective.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961600903321

Autore

Roche Maurice

Titolo

Mega-events and modernity : Olympics and expos in the growth of global culture / / Maurice Roche

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-72915-4

0-585-45283-0

0-203-44394-2

1-280-05210-4

1-134-72916-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

306.48

Soggetti

Olympics

Citizenship

Sports - Social aspects

Special events - Social aspects

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Lists of tables and illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Mega-events and modernity: perspectives and themes; Mega-events and the growth of international culture; Expos and cultural power: capitalism, nationalism and imperialism; Mega-events and cultural citizenship: consumerism, inclusion/ exclusion and internationalism; The Olympics, internationalism and supernationalism: international sports events and movements in the inter-war period; Mega-events and the growth of global culture; Mega-events, cities and tourist culture: Olympics and expos

Mega-events and media culture: sport and the OlympicsMega-events and global citizenship: Olympic problems and responses; Mega-events, identity and global society: theoretical reflections; Notes; Bibliography; Author and name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the social history and politics of 'mega-events' from the late 19th century to the present. Case studies: 1936 Berlin Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1851 Crystal Palace Expo. A thoroughly new and



ground-breaking analysis.