Researching enterprise development : action research on the cooperation between management and labour in Norway / / edited by Morten Levin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974674703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2002
• ISBN: 9786612255090; 9781282255098; 1282255096; 9789027296955; 9027296952; 9780585461762; 0585461767
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 266 p
• Collana: Dialogues on work and innovation ; ; v. 14
• Altri autori (Persone): LevinMorten
• Disciplina: 338/.007/20481
• Soggetti: Research, Industrial - Economic aspects - Norway; Technological innovations - Norway; Organizational change - Norway
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-252) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Researching Enterprise Development -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Researchers on research -- Part I: The emergent research program. Stories of research-learning from diverse experiences -- Chapter 2: Creating a framework for enterprise R&amp -- D -- Chapter 3: Developing development organizations -- Chapter 4: Filling the knowledge gap -- Chapter 5: Enterprise development in Norwegian fishing industry -- Chapter 6: Fragile coalitions -- Chapter 7: Networking industrial development -- Chapter 8: The action learning processes of the Nordvest Forum coalition -- Chapter 9: Integrating the disintegrated -- Part II: Insights: Researchers' collaborative re.ections on ED2000 -- Chapter 10: The changing program. Controversies and cooperation -- Chapter 11: Creating new research practices -- Chapter 12: Networking as an action research practice -- Chapter 13: Enhancing innovations. A ; core issue of ED2000 -- Chapter 14: Democracy, participation and communicative change. When democracy becomes a means and not an end -- Chapter 15: Epilogue Research on Enterprise Development. Lessons learned -- References -- About the authors -- Name index -- Subject index -- In the series DIALOGUES ON WORK AND INNOVATION.
• Sommario/riassunto: Researching Enterprise Development is written by the key researchers of a large Norwegian Action Research program on enterprise development (Enterprise Development 2000). This book tells the stories of how the seven participating modules were developed, created and sustained as Action Research activities. Based on these stories, reflection on a broader analysis of core issues of the program are given on the following topics: the processes within the program and changing models for leadership how research groups become proficient as action researchers local research as networking with the regional business community enhancing the innovation capacity of participating companies participation and democratic processes in enterprise development The reflections and stories provide detailed accounts of how this Action Research program was developed and ample ideas on how Action Research modules can be implemented for other enterprise development projects.The book is preceded by Work Organisation and Europe as a Development Coalition (edited by Richard Ennals and Bjorn Gustavsen, 1999), and the results of the ED 2000 project are explained in Creating Connectedness (edited by Bjorn Gustavsen, Hakon Finne and Bo Oscarsson, 2001).