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The flexible firm a...
The flexible firm and the flexible co-worker
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- Anell, Barbro, 1942- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet
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- Wilson, Timothy, 1938- (author)
- Marketing Department, Clarion University, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA.
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- Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2000
- 2000
- English.
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In: Journal of Workplace Learning. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1366-5626 .- 1758-7859. ; 12:4, s. 165-170
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- In the discourse on modern management, the concept of flexibility is often mentioned as a desirable characteristic of firms and employees. Flexible organizations exhibit an ability to change in response to market changes. It should be clear, however, that a range of possibilities exist between “rigid” organizations and truly flexible ones. This range is discussed. Further, a firm’s ability to demonstrate flexibility depends to a large degree on the flexibility exhibited by its employees. Firms exhibiting different degrees of flexibility have different demands on the flexibility of their coworkers, which means that a matching between supply and demand exists. Employee flexibility has several dimensions, which are also discussed as well as some conditions for a flexible work- cum lifestyle. The starting point for the discussion is the assumption that neither the firms themselves nor the surrounding society are especially adapted to a lifestyle of flexible work. Some measures to alleviate these conditions are proposed.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Employees
- Flexibility
- Human resource management
- Organizations
- Business studies
- Företagsekonomi
- företagsekonomi
- Business Studies
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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