Creating Sustainable Work Systems

Developing Social Sustainability
Herausgeber: Docherty, Peter; Shani, A. B. (Rami); Kira, Mari

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since the first edition of this book was published, the subject of sustainability has risen to the forefront of thinking in almost every subject within business and management. Tackling the latest developments and integrating practical perspectives with rigorous research, this new edition sheds light on a vital aspect of working life. Current trends reveal that increasing intensity at work has major consequences at individual, organizational and societal levels. Sustainability in work systems thus requires a multi-stakeholder approach, emphasising a value-based choice to promote the concurrent development of various resources in the work system. This sustainability grows from intertwined individual and collective learning processes taking place within and between organizations in collaboration. In exploring the development of sustainable work systems, this book analyzes these problems, and provides the basis for designing and implementing 'sustainable work systems' based on the idea of regeneration and the development of human and social resources. The authors, who are leading researchers and practitioners from around the world, consider the existing possibilities and emerging solutions and explore alternatives to intensive work systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780415772723
• ISBN-10: 0415772729
• Artikelnr.: 23895794

Autorenporträt

Peter Docherty is Professor at the Centre for Healthcare Improvement and Department of Quality Sciences at the Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg and a Senior Researcher at ATK Arbetsliv AB. Mari Kira is an Academy Research Fellow at the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. A.B. Rami Shani is Professor and Chair of Management at California Polytechnic University, USA and Research Professor at the School of Management, Politechnico di Milano, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What the World Needs Now is Sustainable Work Systems Peter Docherty,
Mari Kira and A.B. (Rami) Shani 2. Organizational Visions of Sustainability
Keith Cox 3. The Interface Journey to Sustainability: Identity Dynamics
within Cultural Incrementalism Mona Amodeo 4. Sustainability in
Knowledge-Based Companies Peter Brödner 5. Sustainability and the Ageing
Workforce - Considerations with regard to the German Car Manufacturing
Industry Julia Weichel, Markus Buch, Dirk Urban and Ekkehart Frieling 6.
Utilizing Technology to Support Sustainability James Sena and A.B. (Rami)
Shani 7. Creating Sustainable, Desired Change in Teams through Application
of Intentional Change and Complexity Theories Richard Boyatzis 8.
Sustainable Heritage in a Rapidly Changing Environment Lena Wilhelmson and
Marianne Döös 9. Learning Mechanisms in Sustainable Work System Design
Mike Stebbins and Judy Valenzuela 10. Financial Management to Support
Sustainability Doug Cerf and Arline Savage 11. A Development Coalition for
Sustainability in Health Care Svante Lifvergren, Tony Huzzard and Peter
Docherty 12. Three Powers of Feedback for Sustainable Multi-organizational
Learning Hilary Bradbury 13. Labelling and Sustainability: The Case of
Specialty Coffee Mikael Román 14. An Initial Exploration of Sustainable
Work Systems in China: An Issue of Imbalance between Economic and Social
Reform Sharon Moore and Julie Jie Wen 15. Sustained by Work: Individual and
Collective Sustainability in Work Organizations Mari Kira and Frans M. van
Eijnatten 16. Toward a Sustainable Work Systems Design and Change
Methodology Michael Stebbins and A.B. (Rami) Shani 17. Sustainable Work
Systems: Past, Present and Future of Social Sustainability Peter Docherty