ABSTRACT
This book develops and applies a new approach to the study of the working group and indeed of productive enterprises more generally. Unlike similar studies, in this volume the human is related back to the technological, and it is the socio-technical system as a whole that is the object of study. The work reported in this book shows how alternative modes of work organization can exist for the same technology, giving the possibility of organizational choice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|105 pages
Pattern and Process
section One|25 pages
The Nature of the Project: Methods and Concepts
section Two|39 pages
Traditional and Conventional Work Group Organization
section Three|37 pages
Emerging Forms of Work Group Organization
part II|181 pages
Comparative Studies and Field Experunents
section Four|35 pages
Comparative Studies of Performance and Control
section Five|42 pages
The Creativeness of Composite Work Groups
section Six|32 pages
The Interaction of Management, Trade Union Lodge, and Working Group in a New Situation
section Seven|37 pages
Change Processes
section Eight|32 pages
Preparing for Higher Mechanization
