<P>Since the first edition of this book was published, the subject of sustainability has risen to the forefront of thinking in almost every subject within business and management. Tackling the latest developments and integrating practical perspectives with rigorous research, this new edition sheds l
Creating sustainable work systems : developing social sustainability
β Scribed by Peter Docherty; Mari Kira; Abraham B Shani
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 323
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
What the world needs now is sustainable work systems / Peter Docherty, Mari Kira and A.B. (Rami) Shani -- Organizational visions of sustainability / Keith Cox -- The interface journey to sustainability : identity dynamics within cultural incrementalism / Mona Amodeo -- Sustainability in knowledge-based companies / Peter BroΜdner -- Sustainability and the ageing workforce-considerations with regard to the German car manufacturing industry / Julia Weichel ... [et al.] -- Utilizing technology to support sustainability / James Sena and A.B. (Rami) Shani -- Creating sustainable, desired change in teams through application of intentional change and complexity theories / Richard Boyatzis -- Sustainable heritage in a rapidly changing environment / Lena Wilhelmson and Marianne DoΜoΜs -- Learning mechanisms in sustainable work system design / Mike Stebbins and Judy Valenzuela -- Financial management to support sustainability / Doug Cerf and Arline Savage -- A development coalition for sustainability in health care / Svante Lifvergren, Tony Huzzard and Peter Docherty -- Three powers of feedback for sustainable multi-organizational learning / Hilary Bradbury -- Labelling and sustainability : the case of specialty coffee / Mikael RomaΜn -- An initial exploration of sustainable work systems in China : an issue of imbalance between economic and social reform / Sharon Moore and Julie Jie Wen -- Sustained by work : individual and collective sustainability in work organizations / Mari Kira and Frans M. van Eijnatten -- Toward a sustainable work systems design and change methodology / Michael Stebbins and A.B. (Rami) Shani -- Sustainable work systems : past, present and future of social sustainability / Peter Docherty, Mari Kira and A.B. (Rami) Shani
β¦ Table of Contents
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 12
Tables......Page 13
Contributors......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Foreword: I......Page 21
Foreword: II......Page 24
1 What the world needs now is sustainable work systems......Page 28
Part I: Focusing value frameworks......Page 50
2 Organizational visions of sustainability......Page 52
3 The Interface journey to sustainability: Identity dynamics within cultural incrementalism......Page 65
Part II: Focusing work and work systems......Page 78
4 Sustainability in knowledge-based companies......Page 80
5 Sustainability and the ageing workforce: Considerations with regard to the German car manufacturing industry......Page 97
6 Utilizing technology to support sustainability......Page 111
Part III: Focusing change in sustainable organizations......Page 128
7 Creating sustainable, desired change in teams through application of intentional change and complexity theories......Page 130
8 Sustainable heritage in a rapidly changing environment......Page 144
9 Learning mechanisms in sustainable work systems design......Page 158
10 Financial management to support sustainability......Page 174
Part IV: Focusing systems......Page 192
11 A development coalition for sustainability in healthcare......Page 194
12 Three powers of feedback for sustainable multi-organizational learning......Page 213
13 Labelling and sustainability: The case of specialty coffee......Page 229
14 An initial exploration of sustainable work systems in China: An issue of imbalance between economic and social reform......Page 244
Part V: Future of sustainable work systems......Page 258
15 Sustained by work: Individual and social sustainability in work organizations......Page 260
16 Toward a sustainable work systems design and change methodology......Page 274
17 Sustainable work systems: Past, present and future of social sustainability......Page 295
Index......Page 317
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