
Development Coalitions in Working Life
The 'Enterprise Development 2000' Program in Norway
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 15. April 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
153 pages
978-90-272-1776-9 (ISBN)
Description
While the need to utilise knowledge from social research in processes of development in working life is growing, there is also a growing recognition of the problems posed by this utilisation. As the belief in universal reason and general theory about topics like work organization and leadership has faded, research has to find a place as a local development actor. As such it is part of broad groups of actors, or development coalitions, as they are called in this book. Each coalition acquires unique characteristics and demands unique contributions from participating researchers. At the same time there is still a need for generalisable knowledge since all local processes are linked to global ones. Using an ongoing research-supported development program in Norwegian working life as the basis, this book explores the issues and problems associated with a new role for research as a mediator, not between general theory and local application, but between local workplace actors and global trends. The program in case encompasses a substantial number of enterprises - many of them organized in networks - and more than 50 researchers organized in seven groups, or modules.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-1776-9 (9789027217769)
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Bjørn Gustavsen | Tom Colbjørnsen | Øyvind Pålshaugen
Development Coalitions in Working Life
The 'Enterprise Development 2000' Program in Norway
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Work Research Institute, Oslo
Work Research Institute, Oslo
Work Research Institute, Oslo
Content
1. Preface (by Henriksen, Ottar); 2. Chapter I: Enterprise Development 2000: A program for distributive and interactive learning (by Gustavsen, Bjorn); 3. Chapter II: Mentor leadership and theory building in practice (by Knudsen, Harald); 4. Chapter III: Corporate efficiency and employee participation (by Colbjornsen, Tom); 5. Chapter IV: Organization development through development organization (by Palshaugen, Oyvind); 6. Chapter V: Developing the fish processing industry (by Agustsson, Bergur E.); 7. Chapter VI: Integrating engeneering and social science knowledge in participative enterprise development (by Levin, Morten); 8. Chapter VII: Networking to learn in Nordwest Forum: Optimizing the learning cycle of a regional network organization through action research (by Hanssen-Bauer, Jon); 9. Chapter VIII: Enterprise development in networks (by Claussen, Tor); 10. Chapter IX: Concluding Remaks (by Gustavsen, Bjorn); 11. About the authors