Contradictions of employee involvement in organizational change : the transformation efforts in NCJM, an Indian industrial cooperative / George M. Kandathil.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index.
Contents
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter One. A Researcher's Odyssey -- Chapter Two. The Riddle of Employee Involvement in Organizational Transformation -- Chapter Three. The Research Process -- Chapter Four. A Panoramic View of the Transformation Efforts in NCJM -- Chapter Five. Unpacking the Rubrics of Employee Involvement in the Transformation -- Chapter Six. The Tangled Tapestry of Information Sharing and Worker Expectation -- Chapter Seven. Looking Backward, Looking Forward -- Appendix A. Various Departments in the NCJM Plant (pre- and post-takeover) -- Appendix B. Organizational Structure of NCJM after Takeover (as of 1 June 1997) -- Appendix C. Production Process Flow Chart -- Appendix D. Post-Takeover Productivity during 1987-1997 -- Appendix E. Strike History -- Appendix F. Agreements during the Formation of the Cooperative -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary
This book explores employee involvement in the transformation of an ailing business as it was taken over by workers and became a sustainable worker cooperative. The focus is on the struggles within the cooperative that create contradictions and mismatches in the expectations around employee involvement in the transformation as the business evolves.
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