Organization and Innovation
The book contends that current management thinking around 'new' forms of work organization is immersed in a contemporary version of the American Dream. Referring to empirical research, the authors identify numerous difficulties confronting the implementation of this discourse, including:
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Contents
Introduction innovation inaction | 1 |
Part One | 7 |
Part Two | 75 |
Part Three | 163 |
Notes | 178 |
187 | |
201 | |
Back Cover | 211 |
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Organization And Innovation: Guru Schemes and American Dreams Knights, David,McCabe, Darren Limited preview - 2003 |
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