High Performance Work Systems
Subtitle: the Digital Experience
By: editors, McCalman, James
Contributors: McCalman, James, author
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Management
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781351257800
Subjects: Management; Computer industry; Case studies; Digital Equipment Corporation
Notes: "Originally published in 1989. Management styles in developed western countries are undergoing a crisis phase. Increased levels of international competition and volatile trading conditions are creating new demands of job skills and responsibilities. The management challenge is to find work organization and employment strategies that sustain and develop employee performance and commitment. This book analyses the 'high performance work systems' that a number of American and European companies have evolved to meet this challenge. It particular, it describes in detail the experiences of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) at their UK manufacturing plant. This study not only illustrates the benefits of new forms of work organization, it also explores some important myths, notably that technical and organizational changes can produce 'effortless excellence'. It also provides practical management guidelines for the effective application of high performance work design."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Part, Part 1 Back to the future; title: chapter 1 Buried in the 1970s; title: chapter 2 Surfaced in the 1980s; title: chapter 3 Managing change; title: part, Part 2 The Digital experience; title: chapter 4 Digital's achievement culture; title: chapter 5 Stuffing modules; title: chapter 6 Competitive organizational design; title: chapter 7 Pain and rewards; title: chapter 8 Transient structures; title: chapter 9 The high performance experience; title: part, Part 3 The wider relevance; title: chapter 10 The consequences; title: chapter 11 Large scale organizational change; title: chapter 12 The management lessons.