Work Design for the Competent Organization
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Book Description
Combining a European and American perspective, this book presents a conceptual model and practical guide for how to address the challenge of developing employee skill and competence in today's global competitive environment. Based on the premise that work activity itself can be an important source of learning and skill formation, the authors offer step-by-step guidance for how to initiate a participatory change process aimed at improving both workforce quality as well as the quality of worklife. The design principles are illustrated with case studies and complemented by a variety of practical tools. Locating currently emerging work design concepts in a historical perspective and in the macro economic and industrial relations' context, this volume expands the usual "micro" focus of work redesign efforts.
About the Author
FELIX FREI is co-owner and Director of AOC, Zurich, an international consulting firm working with companies and labor unions on leadership, organization redesign and competence development projects. MARGRIT HUGENTOBLER is Assistant Research Scientist at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations and the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Her work is concerned with the improvement of work environments through participatory approaches to work designs, occupational health and safety and workplace stress. SUSAN SCHURMAN is Director of the Labor Education Center at Rutgers University. WERNER DUELL is the Executive Director and co-owner of AOC Berlin, and was previously a member of the research team at the Institute of Technology in Zurich. ANDREAS ALIOTH is co-owner and Director of AOC, Zurich. He was a fellow at the Institute for Work and Organizational Psychology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and is currently teaching business administration at the University of St. Gallen.
Work Design for the Competent Organization,Felix Frei,Margrit Hugentobler,Susan Schurman,Werner Duell,Andreas Alioth,Quorum Books,089930589X,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Industrial Design,Management - General,Work design,Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management
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