Managing Knowledge: Experts, Agencies and Organisations - Couverture souple

Albert, Steven

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521598877 ISBN 13 : 9780521598873

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book examines how the emergence of 'knowledge workers' affects traditional work and organisation patterns.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Managing Knowledge reverses the status quo argument that organisational change is driven by the specific demands of large companies. Instead of viewing firms as the catalysts for gradual change, Albert and Bradley argue that expert professionals have fuelled a break away from the traditional organisational structure to an organisational structure at the heart of which is an agent and/or an agency system. The authors draw our attention to the growing phenomenon of atypical work manifested in workforce flexibility, mobility, the feminisation of professional employment, and technological changes. They focus upon a group of knowledge-based employees - experts - who increasingly have influence over work and wealth creation. Case studies are developed from companies including AT and T, the Hollywood film industry, London accounting firms, and specialised agencies such as Labforce and Knowledge Net.

Revue de presse

'At a time when more and more attention is being paid to the role of knowledge in the economy it is timely to have a supply-side account of labour market change that suggests that not all atypical, agency-based work and other casual work arrangements are deleterious to the worker.' David Rooney, Prometheus

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521598877
• ISBN 13: 9780521598873
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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