The paper examines of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organisation away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the exsisting literature on the division of labour...

Introduction / by Ralph Stacey -- Local and global processes in organizational life / by Ralph Stacey -- The local experience of a global diversity initiative in a multinational pharmaceutical company / by David Scanlon -- The emergence of global stability in local interaction in a consulting...