Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
This book explores the reasons for persistent differences inwork practices both within and between industries. Theauthors found that the strategy that a firm chooses tofollow often determines the kind of work practices itfosters. Therefore a firm may not adopt the approach nowadvocated by many management thinkers--in whichdecision-making is pushed down to the lowest level of thefirm--because this choice may not be consistent with itscompetitive strategy. The authors discuss the ways thatpublic policy can aid workers without subverting thestrategic choices made by firms.