Presents some of the critical questions relating to self‐directed work teams (SDWT) – small groups of employees who are responsible for producing an entire product or product segment and for managing themselves and the work that they do. While some companies have used SDWTs for many years,...

This article questions whether a core objective of HRM – to manage organisational culture – is feasible, other than at a most superficial level. On the basis of an in‐depth case study analysis the authors argue that the dominant values of society at large are implicated in what appears to...