05487nam 2200673 a 450 991095396840332120240514051634.01-283-32786-4978661332786490-272-7615-3(CKB)2550000000063958(EBL)795688(OCoLC)769341879(SSID)ssj0000535311(PQKBManifestationID)11332245(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535311(PQKBWorkID)10523181(PQKB)10204745(MiAaPQ)EBC795688(Au-PeEL)EBL795688(CaPaEBR)ebr10509567(DE-B1597)719664(DE-B1597)9789027276155(EXLCZ)99255000000006395819960619d1996 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrConcept-driven development and the organization of the process of change an evaluation of the Swedish Work Life Fund /Björn Gustavsen ... [et al.]1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub.c19961 online resource (209 p.)Dialogues on work and innovation,1384-6671 ;v. 3Description based upon print version of record.90-272-1773-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONCEPT-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PROCESS OF CHANGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. The Swedish Working Life Fund; The main theme of the study; The Working Life Fund: general characteristics; The evaluation issues; Chapter 2. Discourses on Work, Change and Society; Work, change and society; The Working Life Fund: A unique or representative construction?; The issue of change; Workplace development and the role of external resources; The issue of evaluation; Chapter 3. Patterns of Change: Case StudiesIntroduction The organizational transformation of a hospital: The Women's Clinic, Linköpings University Hospital; Background; The development of the workplace program; The project application; Implementation of the program; The emergence of a new clinic organization; Results achieved; Comments; The ABB T 50 program; Introduction; Phases of change; The development organization at enterprise level; The issue of 'mass '; Comments; A front line of development; Some historical front lines; The new picture: intensity and mass; Concept-driven change; The development organizationOther patterns and sub-populations Expert-driven change; Technology-driven change; Design-driven change; Communications-driven change; The relationship between the sub-populations; Chapter 4. The Role of the Working Life Fund; Introduction; The contributions of ALF when seen from the user side; An investigation of the views of the ALF officers; Points of principle; Chapter 5. The Survey; Introduction; Goals and efforts; Strategic and methodological issues; Changes during the project (Results); Chapter 6. Work Organization and Productivity; Introduction; Work organization developmentThe development organization Development organization and productivity; Development organization, work organization and productivity; Concluding remarks; Chapter 7. The Health Perspectives; Introduction; Health and safety in work: The reforms of the 1970's; Improving on health and safety in work: the question of approach; Health and safety and the ALF experience; Improvement and participation; Relationships between changes; Concluding remarks; Chapter 8. Development and Support: The Role of the Working Life Fund; Introduction; Direct questions about the ALF impactThe content of the development work Contact frequencies and changes in the project period; Concluding remarks; Chapter 9. The Post-ALF Period; Introduction; The report on knowledge generation in working life; The Objective 4 program; The Research and Development sector; Concluding remarks; Chapter 10. Conclusions and Future Prospects; Introduction; The Working Life Fund: A success?; The point of departure: The diffusion problem; The development-supportive society; Appendix; References; IndexThe Swedish Working Life Fund - a temporary organization functioning from 1990 to 1995 - distributed 10 billion Swedish crowns for workplace development and initiated 25,000 projects. About half of the total labor market was affected. This evaluation study, which is built on case studies as well as a survey of a representative sample of the project population, describes the emergent characteristics of organization development in Swedish enterprises and services. In order to locate the efforts of the Fund within an explanatory context, the study draws on the idea of concept-driven change...Dialogues on work and innovation ;v. 3.Quality of work lifeSwedenOrganizational changeSwedenCase studiesQuality of work lifeOrganizational change331.25Naschold Frieder780445Gustavsen Bjørn1124122MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953968403321Concept-driven development and the organization of the process of change4374720UNINA