Employment Practices and Business Strategy

Robinson Street Books: Used and Rare

Title	Employment Practices and Business Strategy
ISBN	0195128591
Binding	Hardcover
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publisher Year	1999
Condition	Fine
Description	0195128591 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches Book Description This book explores the reasons for persistent differences in work practices both within and between industries. The authors found that the strategy that a firm chooses to follow often determines the kind of work practices it fosters. Therefore a firm may not adopt the approach now advocated by many management thinkers--in which decision-making is pushed down to the lowest level of the firm--because this choice may not be consistent with its competitive strategy. The authors discuss the ways that public policy can aid workers without subverting the strategic choices made by firms.