Flexible Firm
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Building The Flexible Firm
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Author : Henk W. Volberda
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1999-01-14
Building The Flexible Firm written by Henk W. Volberda and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-14 with Business & Economics categories.
How do firms cope with changing environments? Is flexibility really the solution? How can we measure a firm's flexibility? Can a more flexible firm be created? Based on an Igor Ansoff Award-winning study and now available for the first time in paperback, Henk Volberda's Building the Flexible Firm shows how flexibility has become the new strategic challenge for contemporary firms. Although traditional organizational forms have worked well in the relatively stable environments of the past, the globalization of markets, rapid technological change, shortening product life cycles, and increasing aggressiveness of competitors have radically altered the ground rules for competing in the 1990s and beyond. Increased competition forces firms to move more quickly and boldly than before, and to experiment in ways that do not conform to traditional administrative theory. This book offers a wealth of insights into the way firms can increase their flexibility. It is based on extensive interviews with practitioners and supported by many longitudinal case studies on flexibility improvement within large corporations. The author provides a strategic framework which explains what types of flexibility are effective under different organizational conditions and environmental characteristics. He also demonstrates an integrated method for diagnosing a firm's flexibility and for guiding the transition to greater flexibility and responsiveness.
The Flexible Firm
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Author : Julian Birkinshaw
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2000-03-16
The Flexible Firm written by Julian Birkinshaw and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-16 with Business & Economics categories.
The pace of change in the business world is becoming faster. This book provides a detailed account of the network-like organization forms that some firms are adopting to make themselves more flexible and responsive to changing technologies and customer demands. As these organizations become more pervasive, the winners will be those firms that develop the specific capabilities that are needed to thrive in a networked world. Paradoxically, such capabilities are developed not only at the firm level, but also in the relationships the firm has with its external network and in the operating units within the firm. This perspective has implications for the 'resource-based view of the firm' in the field of strategic management, suggesting that the development of capabilities is a more complex and multi-level process than was traditionally thought. This book brings together eleven chapters, each focusing on a particular aspect of capability development in the networked firm. It is based on research in five big Swedish firms (Ericsson, Volvo, Skandia, Pharmacia & Upjohn, SE Banken) as well as a number of other well-known firms such as HP and ABB. The book will be essential reading for advanced students in strategy and international business wanting to keep abreast of current thinking and company practices.
The Flexible Firm And The Shape Of Jobs To Come
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Author : Ruskin College. Trade Union Research Unit
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
The Flexible Firm And The Shape Of Jobs To Come written by Ruskin College. Trade Union Research Unit and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Business enterprises categories.
Building The Flexible Firm
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Author : Henk Wijtze Volberda
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Building The Flexible Firm written by Henk Wijtze Volberda and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Competition categories.
A Flexible Future
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Author : Paul Blyton
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-11-07
A Flexible Future written by Paul Blyton and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-07 with Business & Economics categories.
The Flexible Firm Financial Performance And Employee Well Being
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Author : Zsolt Boros
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Flexible Firm Financial Performance And Employee Well Being written by Zsolt Boros and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Corporate culture categories.
Workplace flexibility has captivated the attention of both Human Resources academics and practitioners. Over the years there have been multiple studies evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of workplace flexibility, focusing either on the employee or employer perspective. In spite of the ample body of research, there are few empirical studies that simultaneously assess the benefits and drawback for both employers and employees while considering flexible work practices in relation to each other. This study tested the idea that there are mutual benefits for both parties and examined in what format does flexibility present these mutual benefits. In undertaking this task the study utilized a national level survey (WERS 2004) and proposed a level of analysis across multiple organizations as opposed to individual workplaces. The results show that the proposed mutual benefits have not been identified, however it revealed that, contrary to authoritative standpoints flexibility seems to benefit the employees more than the employers. Limitations of the study, further directions and practical implications are discussed.
Flexible Firm
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Author : Jakob Krause-Jensen
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2010
Flexible Firm written by Jakob Krause-Jensen and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Corporate culture categories.
Bang & Olufsen, the famous Danish producer of high-end home electronics, is well known as an early exponent of value-based management: the idea that there should be consistency in what the organisation does, a certain continuity between what the company develops and sells, and the beliefs and practices of the employees. This study investigates how company values are communicated and the collective identity is articulated through the use of such concepts as 'culture', 'fundamental values', and 'corporate religion', as well as how employees negotiate these ideas in their daily working lives. As this book reveals, the identification of values, meant to create cohesion and solidarity among employees, came to symbolise and engender a split between the staff and the other parts of the company. By examining the rise and fall of the value-based management approach, this volume offers the indispensible insight of anthropological enquiry to expose how social realities challenge conventional management strategies and therefore must be considered in the development of new management techniques.
Building The Flexible Firm
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Author : Henk Wijtze Volberda
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Building The Flexible Firm written by Henk Wijtze Volberda and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Business & Economics categories.
How do firms cope with changing environments? Is flexibility really the solution? Based on an Igor Ansoff Award winning study, Building the Flexible Firm shows how flexibility has become the new strategic challenge for contemporary firms. Offering a wealth of insights and based on extensive interviews with practitioners, Henk Volberda provides a strategic framework which explains what types of flexibility are effective under different organizational conditions and environmental characteristics. He also demonstrates an integrated method for diagnosing a firm's flexibility and for guiding the transition to greater flexibility and responsiveness.
The Flexible Firm
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Author : Laurence Colvin Hunter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Flexible Firm written by Laurence Colvin Hunter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
Flexible Organizations And The New Working Life
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Author : Helge Ramsdal
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Flexible Organizations And The New Working Life written by Helge Ramsdal and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with Social Science categories.
What are we actually talking about when we talk of flexibility in organizational settings? Do flexible forms of organization lead to varied, challenging and autonomous work or do they have a negative impact on working conditions? These questions are confronted by a group of specialist authors including Stephen Ackroyd, Harriet Bradley, Jan Ch. Karlsson, Philippe Mossé and Michael Rose, who discuss the concept of flexibility in relation to employment practices, organizational structure, cultural peculiarities and network arrangements in France, Italy, Norway, Sweden and the UK. While the question of workplace flexibility has been much debated in recent years, the main issues discussed have been the practice of non-standard forms of employment such as part-time work. This book is distinctive in dealing with flexibility related to organizational arrangements, organizational culture and network arrangements, and in assessing the combined effects of different arrangements in terms of manpower, structure, culture and networks on flexibility.