Managing in the modern corporation : the intensification of managerial work in the USA, UK and Japan /

Hassard, John, 1953-

Managing in the modern corporation : the intensification of managerial work in the USA, UK and Japan / John Hassard, Leo McCann and Jonathan Morris. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, �2009. - 1 online resource (x, 277 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Going under the knife: downsizing and delayering the modern corporation -- Exploring corporate life: a realist view on management restructuring -- Living in the house that Jack built: management restructuring in America -- Maximising shareholder value: Management restructuring in Britain -- New world of the salaryman: management restructuring in Japan -- Fighting back? Addressing the human costs of management restructuring.

This title is an examination of the effects of organizational restructuring in large corporations. It explains how and why large companies have changed their organizational structures and philosophies, focusing in particular on how these changes affect the careers of middle managers.



9786612386503

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Middle managers--Great Britain.
Job enrichment.
Big business--Great Britain.


Electronic books.

HD58.7 / .H388 2009eb

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