Creating Sustainable Work Systems

Developing Social Sustainability
Herausgeber: Docherty, Peter; Shani; Kira, Mari

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition tackles all the latest developments and integrates practical perspectives with rigorous research to shed light on a vital aspect of working life. Focusing on developing the human and social resources within an organization, this book provides the basis for designing and implementing sustainable work systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780415772716
• ISBN-10: 0415772710
• Artikelnr.: 25841675

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