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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797561903321

Autore

Kandathil George

Titolo

Contradictions of employee involvement in organizational change : the transformation efforts in NCJM, an Indian industrial cooperative / / George M. Kandathil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0568-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/06

Soggetti

Management - Employee participation - India

Producer cooperatives - India

Organizational change - India

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; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One. A Researcher's Odyssey; Chapter Two. The Riddle of Employee Involvement in Organizational Transformation; Chapter Three. The Research Process; Chapter Four. A Panoramic View of the Transformation Efforts in NCJM; Chapter Five. Unpacking the Rubrics of Employee Involvement in the Transformation; Chapter Six. The Tangled Tapestry of Information Sharing and Worker Expectation; Chapter Seven. Looking Backward, Looking Forward

Appendix A. Various Departments in the NCJM Plant (pre- and post-takeover)Appendix B. Organizational Structure of NCJM after Takeover (as of 1 June 1997); Appendix C. Production Process Flow Chart; Appendix D. Post-Takeover Productivity during 1987-1997; Appendix E. Strike History; Appendix F. Agreements during the Formation of the Cooperative; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores employee involvement in the transformation of an ailing business as it was taken over by workers and became a sustainable worker cooperative. The focus is on the struggles within the cooperative that create contradictions and mismatches in the expectations around employee involvement in the transformation as



the business evolves.