Organizational Behaviour and Change in Europe

Organizational Behaviour and Change in Europe
Author: Françoise Chevalier
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1996-06-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1849206996

This stimulating case-study volume addresses key issues in organizational behaviour organizational change and human resource management in a range of European organizations. Its consistent emphasis is organizational change in a shifting, `internationalizing′ world and sensitivity to the impact of different cultures on the problems as they are defined, as well as on their solutions. The carefully selected cases capture realistic breadth and complexity, including firm location of `OB′ and `HRM′ themes in the context of the broader market and other issues facing the organizations concerned. The themes covered include: managing growth and `Europeanization′; managing decline and crisis; transforming cultures; organization design; leadership, autonomy and control; and organizational learning and change.

Organizational Change in Post-Communist Europe

Organizational Change in Post-Communist Europe
Author: Ed Clark
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2005-07-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113463031X

This book provides a unique and detailed examination of the complex processes of transformation in former state-owned enterprises in the Czech Republic. Drawing on in-depth case studies of organizational transformation, the authors adopt a social-institutionalist approach to the study of organizational change, applying it in order to develop an explanation of organizational restructuring and management redefinition during the early transition period of 1990-1996. In particular, they highlight how these processes have been shaped by continuing historical state-socialist legacies and the powerful role played by senior managers in their efforts to fashion the new privatized organizations in their own interests.

Work Psychology and Organizational Behaviour

Work Psychology and Organizational Behaviour
Author: Wendy Hollway
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1991-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781446240502

Tracing the development of work psychology and organizational behaviour from the early 20th century to the present, this book focuses on the relations between knowledge, power and practice. The author charts the impact of such psychology upon the emergence of new management tools.

The Organization of European Security Governance

The Organization of European Security Governance
Author: Ursula C. Schroeder
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2013-07-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113674522X

The Organization of European Security Governance investigates what impact the changing nature of security challenges has had on the organization of security governance in Europe. As the most pervasive security challenges today are difficult to classify as either internal or external, the traditional divide between domestic and international security has become blurred. In response, European leaders have emphasized the need to develop comprehensive and horizontal approaches to security in the European Union. But has the European Union been able to deliver a coherent response to this new security environment? In a detailed comparative study of two crucial policy fields - EU counter-terrorism and post-conflict crisis management – the book outlines the scope of the ongoing transformation of Europe's security order, examines its challenges and explains its defects. This important volume will be of interest to students and scholars of Security Studies and European Politics.

Organizational Behaviour and Change in Europe

Organizational Behaviour and Change in Europe
Author: Françoise Chevalier
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1996-06-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780803979093

This stimulating case-study volume addresses key issues in organizational behaviour organizational change and human resource management in a range of European organizations. Its consistent emphasis is organizational change in a shifting, `internationalizing' world and sensitivity to the impact of different cultures on the problems as they are defined, as well as on their solutions. The carefully selected cases capture realistic breadth and complexity, including firm location of `OB' and `HRM' themes in the context of the broader market and other issues facing the organizations concerned. The themes covered include: managing growth and `Europeanization'; managing decline and crisis; transforming cultures; organization design

Privatization in Four European Countries

Privatization in Four European Countries
Author: Ralph M. Kramer
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781563241321

Analyzes and compares how the governments of England, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway are increasingly using voluntary nonprofit organizations to provide social services. This "third sector" has different characteristics than government or market organizations, but has been little studied by social scientists as yet. Does not consider the histor.

Employment Contracts and Well-Being Among European Workers

Employment Contracts and Well-Being Among European Workers
Author: Nele De Cuyper
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351940457

Temporary employment contracts are now commonplace in business. However the move towards such employment structures has a significant, and hitherto little understood impact on 'the psychological contract' between employee and organizations. This book is amongst the first to tackle this problem. With detailed research findings from seven countries: Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK and (for a non-European perspective) Israel, it presents an integrated model of the effects of temporary work. The model incorporates key recent trends, including the expansion of non-permanent employment as a persistent form of employment flexibility, the increasing importance of the psychological contract, and the diversity of the European labour market as a result of state legislation. By presenting the results of an overview of the research literature on this contemporary labour market trend this book is of real value to researchers, practitioners and policy makers.