Foucault, Governmentality, and Organization Inside the Factory of the Future

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Synopsis

This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into concrete, day-to-day practices at the Motorola plant in East Kilbride, UK. Using eyewitness accounts, the book describes how employees dealt with the increased freedom Motorola promoted amongst its employees, how employees adapted to managerial changes, specifically the elimination of large-scale management, and where the ‘managerless’ system came under strain. This book will be of essential reading for researchers, graduate students, and undergraduates interested in the areas of management studies, human resource management, and organizational studies, among others.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Research in Employment Relations
Author:
Alan McKinlay, Philip Taylor
ISBN:
9781317750253
Related ISBNs:
9781315796345, 9781138617117, 9781138617117, 9780415749053, 9780415749053
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
174
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-02-06
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Nonfiction