Concept-driven development and the organization of the process of change [[electronic resource] ] : an evaluation of the Swedish Work Life Fund / / Björn Gustavsen ... [et al.]
| Concept-driven development and the organization of the process of change [[electronic resource] ] : an evaluation of the Swedish Work Life Fund / / Björn Gustavsen ... [et al.] |
| Autore | Naschold Frieder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.25 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GustavsenBjørn |
| Collana | Dialogues on work and innovation |
| Soggetto topico |
Quality of work life - Sweden
Organizational change - Sweden |
| ISBN |
1-283-32786-4
9786613327864 90-272-7615-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Studies
Introduction 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 organization Other 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 development The 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 impact The 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; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781302603321 |
Naschold Frieder
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c1996 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Concept-driven development and the organization of the process of change : an evaluation of the Swedish Work Life Fund / / Björn Gustavsen ... [et al.]
| Concept-driven development and the organization of the process of change : an evaluation of the Swedish Work Life Fund / / Björn Gustavsen ... [et al.] |
| Autore | Naschold Frieder |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.25 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GustavsenBjørn |
| Collana | Dialogues on work and innovation |
| Soggetto topico |
Quality of work life - Sweden
Organizational change - Sweden |
| ISBN |
1-283-32786-4
9786613327864 90-272-7615-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Studies
Introduction 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 organization Other 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 development The 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 impact The 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; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953968403321 |
Naschold Frieder
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c1996 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Public Sector Transformation [[electronic resource] ] : Rethinking markets and hierarchies in government
| Public Sector Transformation [[electronic resource] ] : Rethinking markets and hierarchies in government |
| Autore | Naschold Frieder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina | 350 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | OtterCasten von |
| Soggetto topico |
Comparative government
Government business enterprises -- Management Government productivity Public administration |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-32788-0
9786613327888 90-272-7617-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSFORMATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Modernization of the State: Structural reforms and innovation strategies of the public sector; Preface; PART I. Structural reforms and innovation strategies in the public sector; 1. Strategic turning points in the public sector of OECD countries since the 1970's; 1.1. Quantitative changes in the volume and structure of national public sectors; 1.2. Strategic turning points in underlying public-sector philosophies; 1.3. A new phase in the relationship between politics, regulation and competition
2. Comparing public-sector performance across OECD countries 3. Redefining public-sector tasks at the interface between public and private service provision: Privatization, contracting out, the core responsibilities of the state; 3.1. Redefining public-sector responsibilities via privatization of state-run firms - The lessons of the privatization program in Great Britain; 3.2. Outsourcing public services to private firms: The lessons of the contracting out and compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) program in Great Britain 3.3. Redefining the public sector by means of the concept of 'core public sector activities'3.4. The political-analytical redefinition of public-sector tasks: Instruments and methods; 4. A re-balancing of traditional design principles in the public sector and the basic principles of the new public management movement; 4.1. The key themes of public-sector modernization; 4.2. Questioning the classical premises of administration; 4.3. The different logics of the public and private-sector model and the dangers of the current rationalization strategy PART II. The modernization of internal government structures 1. The point of departure; 2. New demands on the state: The changed environment at the end of the twentieth century; 2.1. New problematics; 2.2. Changed international context; 2.3. Change in organizational paradigm in private-sector firms; 2.4. Modernization policies in OECD competitor countries; 3. Aims of public-sector modernization policies in Germany; 4. Redefining public-sector tasks:Political task controlling; 5. Public-sector modernization: Raising efficiencyand cooperation within networks 5.1. Modernization of public-sector organization 5.2. The modernization of management: democratic leadership and its instruments; 5.3. From personnel management to personnel development; 5.4. Information and communication technology and administrative modernization; 5.5. From bureaucratic to customer-oriented quality production; 5.6. Normalizing working conditions and industrial relations in the public sector by modernizing the statutory framework; 5.7. Ensuring the continuity of the modernization process; 6. The conditions of implementation of a modernization strategy 6.1. Alternative implementation strategies |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457448103321 |
Naschold Frieder
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| Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1996 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Public sector transformation : rethinking markets and hierarchies in government / / Frieder Naschold, Casten von Otter
| Public sector transformation : rethinking markets and hierarchies in government / / Frieder Naschold, Casten von Otter |
| Autore | Naschold Frieder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Disciplina | 350 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | OtterCasten von <1941-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Comparative government
Government business enterprises - Management Government productivity Public administration |
| ISBN |
1-283-32788-0
9786613327888 90-272-7617-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSFORMATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Modernization of the State: Structural reforms and innovation strategies of the public sector; Preface; PART I. Structural reforms and innovation strategies in the public sector; 1. Strategic turning points in the public sector of OECD countries since the 1970's; 1.1. Quantitative changes in the volume and structure of national public sectors; 1.2. Strategic turning points in underlying public-sector philosophies; 1.3. A new phase in the relationship between politics, regulation and competition
2. Comparing public-sector performance across OECD countries 3. Redefining public-sector tasks at the interface between public and private service provision: Privatization, contracting out, the core responsibilities of the state; 3.1. Redefining public-sector responsibilities via privatization of state-run firms - The lessons of the privatization program in Great Britain; 3.2. Outsourcing public services to private firms: The lessons of the contracting out and compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) program in Great Britain 3.3. Redefining the public sector by means of the concept of 'core public sector activities'; 3.4. The political-analytical redefinition of public-sector tasks: Instruments and methods; 4. A re-balancing of traditional design principles in the public sector and the basic principles of the new public management movement; 4.1. The key themes of public-sector modernization; 4.2. Questioning the classical premises of administration; 4.3. The different logics of the public and private-sector model and the dangers of the current rationalization strategy PART II. The modernization of internal government structures 1. The point of departure; 2. New demands on the state: The changed environment at the end of the twentieth century; 2.1. New problematics; 2.2. Changed international context; 2.3. Change in organizational paradigm in private-sector firms; 2.4. Modernization policies in OECD competitor countries; 3. Aims of public-sector modernization policies in Germany; 4. Redefining public-sector tasks:Political task controlling; 5. Public-sector modernization: Raising efficiencyand cooperation within networks 5.1. Modernization of public-sector organization 5.2. The modernization of management: democratic leadership and its instruments; 5.3. From personnel management to personnel development; 5.4. Information and communication technology and administrative modernization; 5.5. From bureaucratic to customer-oriented quality production; 5.6. Normalizing working conditions and industrial relations in the public sector by modernizing the statutory framework; 5.7. Ensuring the continuity of the modernization process; 6. The conditions of implementation of a modernization strategy; 6.1. Alternative implementation strategies |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781592103321 |
Naschold Frieder
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| Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1996 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Public sector transformation : rethinking markets and hierarchies in government / / Frieder Naschold, Casten von Otter
| Public sector transformation : rethinking markets and hierarchies in government / / Frieder Naschold, Casten von Otter |
| Autore | Naschold Frieder |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Disciplina | 350 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | OtterCasten von <1941-> |
| Collana | Dialogues on Work and Innovation |
| Soggetto topico |
Comparative government
Government business enterprises - Management Government productivity Public administration |
| ISBN |
1-283-32788-0
9786613327888 90-272-7617-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSFORMATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Modernization of the State: Structural reforms and innovation strategies of the public sector; Preface; PART I. Structural reforms and innovation strategies in the public sector; 1. Strategic turning points in the public sector of OECD countries since the 1970's; 1.1. Quantitative changes in the volume and structure of national public sectors; 1.2. Strategic turning points in underlying public-sector philosophies; 1.3. A new phase in the relationship between politics, regulation and competition
2. Comparing public-sector performance across OECD countries 3. Redefining public-sector tasks at the interface between public and private service provision: Privatization, contracting out, the core responsibilities of the state; 3.1. Redefining public-sector responsibilities via privatization of state-run firms - The lessons of the privatization program in Great Britain; 3.2. Outsourcing public services to private firms: The lessons of the contracting out and compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) program in Great Britain 3.3. Redefining the public sector by means of the concept of 'core public sector activities'; 3.4. The political-analytical redefinition of public-sector tasks: Instruments and methods; 4. A re-balancing of traditional design principles in the public sector and the basic principles of the new public management movement; 4.1. The key themes of public-sector modernization; 4.2. Questioning the classical premises of administration; 4.3. The different logics of the public and private-sector model and the dangers of the current rationalization strategy PART II. The modernization of internal government structures 1. The point of departure; 2. New demands on the state: The changed environment at the end of the twentieth century; 2.1. New problematics; 2.2. Changed international context; 2.3. Change in organizational paradigm in private-sector firms; 2.4. Modernization policies in OECD competitor countries; 3. Aims of public-sector modernization policies in Germany; 4. Redefining public-sector tasks:Political task controlling; 5. Public-sector modernization: Raising efficiencyand cooperation within networks 5.1. Modernization of public-sector organization 5.2. The modernization of management: democratic leadership and its instruments; 5.3. From personnel management to personnel development; 5.4. Information and communication technology and administrative modernization; 5.5. From bureaucratic to customer-oriented quality production; 5.6. Normalizing working conditions and industrial relations in the public sector by modernizing the statutory framework; 5.7. Ensuring the continuity of the modernization process; 6. The conditions of implementation of a modernization strategy; 6.1. Alternative implementation strategies |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910971263303321 |
Naschold Frieder
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| Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1996 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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