Main description:
Geert Hofstede, author of the classic Culture's Consequences, brings together 17 articles and case studies in this book. The work is grouped around three main themes: the impact of jobs on people; power and control in organizations; and studies in training settings. Throughout, there is a concern with exploring and uncovering hidden organizational realities, whilst moving across the boundaries of psychology, sociology and anthropology.
Table of contents:
PART ONE: THE IMPACT OF JOBS ON PEOPLE
All in the Factory
A Participant Observation
The Colors of Collars
Occupational Differences in Work Goals
Humanization of Work
A Matter of Values
The Stress/Satisfaction Balance of Occupations
Case Study
IBM Typewriter Assembly
Case Study
Work Structuring at Philips
PART TWO: POWER AND CONTROL IN ORGANIZATIONS
Alienation at the Top
People and Techniques in Budgeting
The Poverty of Management Control Philosophy
Case Study
Communauteacute; de Travail Boimondau
Case Study
Confrontation in the Cathedral
Case Study
Angola Coffee
PART THREE: STUDIES IN TRAINING SETTINGS
Looking at the Boss and Looking at Ourselves
Perceptions of Others After a T-Group
Predicting Managers' Career Success
Businessmen and Business School Faculty
A Comparison of Value Systems
Frustrations of Personnel Managers
Geert Hofstede, author of the classic Culture's Consequences, brings together 17 articles and case studies in this book. The work is grouped around three main themes: the impact of jobs on people; power and control in organizations; and studies in training settings. Throughout, there is a concern with exploring and uncovering hidden organizational realities, whilst moving across the boundaries of psychology, sociology and anthropology.
Table of contents:
PART ONE: THE IMPACT OF JOBS ON PEOPLE
All in the Factory
A Participant Observation
The Colors of Collars
Occupational Differences in Work Goals
Humanization of Work
A Matter of Values
The Stress/Satisfaction Balance of Occupations
Case Study
IBM Typewriter Assembly
Case Study
Work Structuring at Philips
PART TWO: POWER AND CONTROL IN ORGANIZATIONS
Alienation at the Top
People and Techniques in Budgeting
The Poverty of Management Control Philosophy
Case Study
Communauteacute; de Travail Boimondau
Case Study
Confrontation in the Cathedral
Case Study
Angola Coffee
PART THREE: STUDIES IN TRAINING SETTINGS
Looking at the Boss and Looking at Ourselves
Perceptions of Others After a T-Group
Predicting Managers' Career Success
Businessmen and Business School Faculty
A Comparison of Value Systems
Frustrations of Personnel Managers