Job and Work Design : Organizing Work to Promote Well-being and Effectiveness

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Cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Introduction: Setting the Scene; Chapter 1 - Early Job Design Principles, Practice, and Research; Early Intellectual Influences; From Strategy to Tactics; The Diffusion of Job Simplification; Early Research; From Research to Practice; Chapter 2 - The Heyday of Job Design Research, 1950 to 1980; The Two-Factor Theory; The Job Characteristics Model; The Sociotechnical Systems Approach; From Theory to Practice; Chapter 3 - A Critique of Existing Theory and Research; Methodological Issues; Broadening the Focus

Chapter 4 - Extensions and Complementary Theoretical ApproachesDemand-Control Model of Strain; Action Theory and Job Design; An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Work Design; Models of Group Effectiveness; Chapter 5 - Modern Manufacturing and the Work Design Agenda; Modern Manufacturing Initiatives; Work Design Implications; Chapter 6 - Workplace Transformations and a Workforce in Transition; Information Technology and New Forms of Work; Organizational Transformations; The Changing Composition of the Workforce; Chapter 7 - Redesigning Work (Part 1): Wider Organizational Considerations

Aligning the Wider Organizational ContextConsidering the Implications for Multiple Stakeholders; Chapter 8 - Redesigning Work (Part 2): Managing the Change Process; The Principle of Participation; Phases in Structured Work Redesign; Methods and Tools to Support Work Redesign; An Effective Change Agent; Unanswered Questions; Chapter 9 - Conclusions; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors;

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