05007nam 2200661Ia 450 991078584160332120230421054217.03-11-086140-210.1515/9783110861402(CKB)2670000000251383(SSID)ssj0000560173(PQKBManifestationID)11358932(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000560173(PQKBWorkID)10568635(PQKB)11453197(MiAaPQ)EBC3042254(WaSeSS)Ind00012767(DE-B1597)55222(OCoLC)979907049(DE-B1597)9783110861402(Au-PeEL)EBL3042254(CaPaEBR)ebr10598345(OCoLC)922945143(EXLCZ)99267000000025138319920812d1992 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrReworking the world[electronic resource] organisations, technologies, and cultures in comparative perspective /editor, Jane MarceauReprint 2011Berlin New York W. de Gruyter1992x, 514 pde Gruyter Studies in Organization ;42Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-11-013158-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-510) and index.Front matter --Preface --Contents --Introduction. Reworking the World: Organisations, Technologies and Cultures in Comparative Perspective /Marceau, Jane --Section One: Re-Analysing the World --Introduction /Marceau, Jane --Institutional Logic and Economic Explanation /Biggart, Nicole Woolsey --French Bread, Italian Fashions and Asian Enterprises: Modern Passions and Postmodern Prognoses /Clegg, Stewart --The Politics of Industrial Organisation: A Comparative View /Weiss, Linda --Section Two: Learning from the East --Introduction /Marceau, Jane --Japanizing the World: The Case of Toyota /Wilkinson, Barry / Morris, Jonathan / Oliver, Nick --Giants and Dwarves: Changing Technologies and Productive Interlinkages in Australian Manufacturing Industry /Marceau, Jane / Jureidini, Ray --Developing 'Partnerships': New Organisational Practices in Manufacturer- Supplier Relationships in the French Automobile and Aerospace Industries /Gorgeu, Armelle / Mathieu, René --Technology Transfer and East Asian Business Recipes: The Adoption of Japanese Cotton Spinning Techniques in Shanghai and Hong Kong /Nishida, Judith --Western Technology in a Chinese Context: New Technologies and the Organisation of Work in Hong Kong /Poon, Teresa --Section Three: Technological Innovation: The Search for Control --Introduction /Marceau, Jane --The Illusion of a Common Supranational Interest: Democratising the Standardisation Process in Factory Automation /Tulder, Rob van / Dankbaar, Ben --Yet Another Panacea? The Quality Management Movement in Australia /Palmer, Gill / Allan, Cameron --Organisational Restructuring and Devolutionist Doctrine: Organisation as Strategic Control /Muetzelfeldt, Michael --Section Four: Innovation and Disillusion: Firms at the Leading Edge --Introduction /Marceau, Jane --Clashes of Technology and Culture: Enterprise Acquisition and the Integration of New Ventures /Garnsey, Elizabeth / Roberts, John --Strategies for Technological Learning: New Forms of Organisational Structure /Dodgson, Mark --Section Five: Reworking the World of Work --Introduction /Marceau, Jane --An Australian Model of Industrial Restructuring /Mathews, John --Reorganising Labour: The Volvo Experience /Sandkull, Bengt --The Move to 'Partnership': Human Resources in Organisational Change /Gorgeu, Armelle / Mathieu, René --Workplace Strategic Change: Classification Restructuring in the Australian Public Service /Selby-Smith, Chris --Swedish Wage-Earner Funds: The Problematic Relationship Between Economic Efficiency and Popular Power /Higgins, Winton --Conclusion. Reworking the World: Lessons from Everywhere --Reworking the World: Lessons from Everywhere /Marceau, Jane --About the Authors --Select Bibliography --IndexDe Gruyter studies in organization ;42.Industrial organizationCross-cultural studiesOrganizational changeCross-cultural studiesTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsCross-cultural studiesCorporate cultureCross-cultural studiesIndustrial organizationOrganizational changeTechnological innovationsEconomic aspectsCorporate culture302.3/5QP 340rvkMarceau Jane119966MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785841603321Reworking the world3794592UNINA