| Description |
x, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. How the giraffe got its neck : an organizational 'Just so' story, or Continuous improvement and the limits to managerial orthodoxy / Graham Sewell -- 2. From imperialism to globalization : internationalization and the management text / Albert J. Mills & Jean Hatfield -- 3. 'If you really want loyalty get a dog!' : loyality, trust and the new employment contract / Richard Dunford -- 4. The regulation of poverty : the failure in the official program against povert in Mexico - a modern/postmodern approach / Victor M. Soira -- 5. Post-Soviet management : from state dependency to entrepreneurship? / Bruno Grancelli -- 6. Alternative socio-technical systems in the Asia-Pacific region : an international survey of team-based cellular manufacturing / Paul Couchman & Richard Badham -- 7. Japan in Britain, Japan in Mexico : production supervisory practice in the electronics industry /Jonathan Morris, James Lowe & Barry Wilkinson -- 8. Total quality management in the UK service sector : a social constructivist study / Mihaela Keleman -- 9. Intelligent organizations? / Stewart R. Clegg & Thomas Clarke -- 10. Metaphors and organizational action : postmodernity, language and self-regulating systems -a Mexican case study / Luis Montano -- 11. Antagonistic values or complementary value systems? The chances and limitations of dialogue in organizations / Fernando Leal -- 12. Towards a relational theory of organizational collaboration / Thomas B. Lawrence, Nelson Phillips & Cynthia Hardy -- 13. The global management of professional services : the example of accounting / Royston Greenwood ... et al |
| Notes |
Papers presented at the Sixth APROS (Asia Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies) International Colloquim held Cuernavaca, Mexico 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Comparative management.
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Globalization.
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Industrial management.
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International business enterprises -- Management -- Congresses.
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Strategic alliances (Business) -- Congresses.
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| Author |
Bueno-Rodriquez, Luis.
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Clegg, Stewart.
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Ibarra Colado, Eduardo.
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| LC no. |
98061654 |
| ISBN |
0761958142 |
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0761958150 (paperback) |
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