The Invisible Chain: Constraints and Opportunities in the New World of Employment

by J. Durand

Overview

Companies and work have undergone significant change, and a new productive model has emerged. This book shows how the model works, showing its high degree of coherence in terms of the integration of functions within companies. This book creates a new and challenging theory of services, rooted in the concrete experience of workshops and offices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230013636
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/31/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

JEAN PIERRE DURAND is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Centre de Recherches Pierre Naville, at the University of Paris-Evry, France. He is the co-author of After Fordism, Teamwork in the Automobile Industry and Living Labour: Life of the Line at Peugeot-France.

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Reforming Corporate Structures: Integrating Reticular Reasoning and Tight Flows The Tight Flow Rules: Work under Time Constraints The Competency Model The Reshaping of Labour: Tight Flow and the Mobilization of Employees The Fragmentation of the Labour Market and the Mobilization of Employees Information Technology and the Service Industry: White-Collar Work More Difficult but More Interesting Work? Intensification and Autonomy Unionism and Globalization Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index