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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825436003321

Titolo

The innovating organization / / edited by Andrew M. Pettigrew and Evelyn M. Fenton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage, 2000

ISBN

1-4462-3809-1

0-7619-6434-7

1-280-36996-5

9786610369966

1-4129-3315-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 335 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

PettigrewAndrew M <1944-> (Andrew Marshall)

FentonEvelyn M

Disciplina

658.4/02

Soggetti

Organizational change - Europe

Industrial organization - Europe

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. [301]-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 - Theoretical Perspectives on New Forms of Organizing; Chapter 2 - Integrating a Global Professional Services Organization: The Case of Ove Arup Partnership; Chapter 3 - The Role of Social Mechanisms in an Emerging Network: The Case of the Pharmaceutical network in Coopers & Lybrand Europe; Chapter 4 - ABB: Beyond the Global Matrix towards the Network Multidivisional Organization; Chapter 5 - The Emergence and Development ot Internal Networks and their Impact on Knowledge Flows: The Case of Rabobank Group

Chapter 6 - Hilti AG: Shared Leadership and the Rise of the Communicating OrganizationChapter 7 - New Forms of Organizing through Human Resource Management: The Case of Fremap; Chapter 8 - Integrating the Team-based Structure in the Business Process: The Case of Saab Training Systems; Chapter 9 - Initial Steps on the Path towards New Forms of Organizing: Two Experiences within the Group Aguas de Barcelona; Chapter 10 - Complexities and Dualities in Innovative Forms of Organizing; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This is a systematic, empirical study of the change in firms from traditional multi-divisional hierarchies to flatter, less rigid networks. Eight very recent international case studies generate a rich array of data.