1st Edition
The Enterprise in Transition An analysis of European and American practice
Edited By H. van der Haas
Copyright 1967
440 Pages
by
Routledge
440 Pages
by
Routledge
440 Pages
by
Routledge
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Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in... Read more
1: Introduction; 1: Historical synopsis; 2: Historical development of business in Europe; 3: Historical development of business in the United States; 4: Outlines of business theory; 2: European business in transition; 5: Backgrounds; 6: Problems of orientation; 7: The American impact; 8: The industry sample; 3: The main areas of transition; 9: Survey of transitions; 10: Transition from orientation on the past to orientation on the future; 11: Transition from production-centred business to product (market)-centred business; 12: Transition from business in a negotiated environment to business in a competitive environment; 13: Transition from capital-labour polarization to capital-labour osmosis; 14: Transition from owner-control to professional management; 15: Transition from accumulation of resources to rational growth; 16: Transition from chance innovation to scientific management of innovation; 17: Transition from the concept of economic man to the concept of pluralistic motivation; 18: Transition from isolation of business to business in a pluralistic society; 19: Transition from classical organization theory to a pluralistic theory; 4: Case studies; 20: Steel; 21: Shipbuilding; 22: Transportation equipment; 23: Machinery and construction; 24: Electrical and electronic equipment; 25: Chemical industry 98; 26: Foodstuffs and detergents; 27: Miscellaneous
Biography
H. van der Haas
