In pursuit of flexible work places ('if I wanted to get there, I wouldn't be leaving from here')

Teece, Phil

Australian Library Journal 2001 50 (4)1205
(ReLIS:jul:juljuh:y:2001:v:50:i:4:p:1205)

Abstract:

Governments, managers and men of affairs have usually considered that work was too important to be left to the workers. Great efforts have been made down the ages to change their attitude to it. Whether these attempts to change behaviour come from the political right or the political left, they are more likely to be rationally informed if they rest on knowledge, not only of the present structures of work and power, but also of the historical nature and origins of the behaviours concerned. This permits informed judgements about their persistence and deep-rootedness and - since every change has its price - about the social costs that would be involved if attempts were made to impose change against the historical grain. Massive and stubborn resistances are apt to be encountered by attempts to transform basic, long-standing responses by large numbers of people in their everyday behaviour ... they might be avoided by adapting the objective in ways which make possible its pursuit by methods that work with the historical grain'

Keywords: Gestión ; Recursos humanos
Pages: 1205
Volume: 50
Year: 2001
Issue: 4

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