Managing Knowledge Experts, Agencies and Organisations

Name: Managing Knowledge Experts, Agencies and Organisations
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ISBN: 9780521598873

ISBN-10: 0521598877

ISBN-13: 9780521598873

Edition: 1997

Authors: Steven Albert, Keith Bradley

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Managing Knowledge reverses the status quo argument that organisational change is driven by the specific demands of large companies. Instead of viewing firms as the catalysts for gradual change, Albert and Bradley argue that expert professionals have fuelled a break away from the traditional organisational structure to an organisational structure at the heart of which is an agent and/or an agency system.The authors draw our attention to the growing phenomenon of atypical work manifested in workforce flexibility, mobility, the feminisation of professional employment, and technological changes. They focus upon a group of knowledge-based employees - experts - who increasingly have influence…

Book details

List price: $64.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/2/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction: The supply side in context



Expert Employees and their New Organisation



Trends in the labour market



Adaptations in the labour market and the expert employee



From the firm to the agency



Expert agency employment as a facilitator of intellectual capital



The temporal advantages of agency work for the expert employee



Taking stock



The Labour Market and the Expert Employee



AT & T's special employment policies for expert employees



An external temporary agency and expert employees



The Hollywood Agency system



The internet as an agent



Labour market segments re-examined



Conclusion


Appendices


Bibliography