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A survey of the early textile mills of the famed English town, and work and life amid the Industrial Revolution, with photos and illustrations. In this fascinating survey, Vivien Teasdale documents the mills of Huddersfield—some now demolished, others repurposed, and a few still connected with the modern textile industry. Teasdale also recalls the people whose livelihood depended on the mills—the owners, the workers, and their families. Their combined efforts over generations created the prosperity and growth that gave birth to the town we see today, and this book gives a keen insight into their work and their lives. All kinds of mills are featured here—woolen, worsted, yarn spinners, ...
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"At last there is a lucid, well-written OB book, which covers key issues required in OB teaching, but which has a mind of its own. Students and faculty will recognize this is more than standard fare." - Bill Cooke, Manchester Business School
Bundel artikelen waarin de rol van gender in organisatie-analyse wordt belicht. De bundel bevat de volgende bijdragen: Differential recruitment and control : the sex structuring of organizations / door Joan Acker en Donald R. Van Houten; Room for women : a case study in the sociology of organizations / door Peta Tanred en E. Jane Campbell; Gender and organizations : a selective review and a critique of a neglected area / door Jeff Hearn en P. Wendy Parkin; Sexa and organizational analysis / door Gibson Burrell; Organization, gender, and culture / door Albert J. Mills; A feminist perspective on state bureaucracy / door Judith Grant en Peta Tancred; Sex ratios, sex role spillover, and sex at w...
This exciting new text fills the gap in the management literature on organizational change. It presents a balanced view, which raises questions about the imperative of change, who’s interests are being served, how change programmes impact on employees and why organizations continually engage in such programmes. It gives readers a comprehensive history of: change management literature types of change techniques over time (i.e. TQM, BPR, Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma, etc.) the role of management gurus in the rise and fall of management fashions the impact of organizational change on organizational members. The authors provide case vignettes of companies from both sides of the Atlantic, which have undergone some of the better-known change techniques, and explore the reasons for their successes and failures. This is an innovative and important new text for students of organizational behaviour, organizational change, strategy and HRM.
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