The project Users Demands on CNC‐Lathes, commenced in 1988, is examined. The project′s main object was to contribute to an increase in the empirically‐based knowledge of the new demands involved in management, organisation and the operators′ job content along with the design of...

This book puts forward a carefully crafted theoretical framework that makes a substantial contribution to the field of organizational resilience. It is a framework that goes far beyond the traditional crisis management perspective (accidents, scandals, etc) to an investigation of the...

The Volvo Bus Plant at Borås, Sweden, is one of the largest bus‐chassis assembly plants in the world. Some years ago a new organization model, FLiSa, was implemented as an attempt to construct well‐functioning teams consisting of multi‐functional individuals, eager to learn, be flexible...