Penny West

Organisational Learning in the Automotive Sector

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the concepts of organisational learning and the learning organisation, and critically examines their take up within the context of four contemporary work organisations in the European automotive sector. Within this dynamic environment, the pursuit and implementation of approaches that encourage individuals to learn and challenge existing orthodoxy are now dominant on the management agenda. Changes to processes, structures, cultures and the employment relationship per se.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780415219860
• ISBN-10: 0415219868
• Artikelnr.: 21354191

Autorenporträt

Dr Penny West, Penny West

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction1. Organisational learning and change in the automotive
sector2. The learning organisation: historical and conceptual foundations3.
Theoretical and practical perspectives on learning in organisations4. The
relationship between learning and change5. The case studies: the Rover
Group and Volvo, Tallent Engineering and GKN Hardy Spicer6. Emerging themes
for organisational effectiveness in the automotive sector7. Discussion and
analysis: the Rover Group and Volvo8. Discussion and analysis: Tallent
Engineering and GKN Hardy Spicer9. Summary and conclusions