Workplace Innovation
Workplace Innovation

Author: Peter Oeij

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-07-01

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 3319563335

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This book focuses on workplace innovation, which is a key element in ensuring that organizations and the people within them can adapt to and engage in healthy, sustainable change. It features a collection of multi-level, multi-disciplinary contributions that combine theory, research and practical perspectives. In addition, the book presents new perspectives from a number of nations on policies with novel theoretical approaches to workplace innovation, as well as international case studies on the subject. These cases highlight the role of leadership, the relation between workplace innovation and well-being, as well as the do’s and don’ts of workplace innovation implementation. Whether you are an experienced workplace practitioner, manager, a policy-maker, unionist, or a student of workplace innovation, this book contains a range of tips, tools and international case studies to help the reader understand and implement workplace innovation.

Managing Democratic Organizations I
Managing Democratic Organizations I

Author: Frank Heller

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-15

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 0429779364

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First published in 2000, this volume, along with its counterpart, consist of contributions to the history of management and management thought which ask and assess how important managing democratic organizations is today, and how important it will prove to be moving forward, presenting both optimistic and pessimistic interpretations. This collection describes three interrelated research programmes in the form of 38 classic essays and lists 21 authors.

Handbook of Evaluation Methods for Health Informatics
Handbook of Evaluation Methods for Health Informatics

Author: Jytte Brender McNair

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2006-01-17

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0080533450

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The Handbook of Evaluation Methods for Health Informatics provides a complete compendium of methods for evaluation of IT-based systems and solutions within healthcare. Emphasis is entirely on assessment of the IT-system within its organizational environment. The author provides a coherent and complete assessment of methods addressing interactions with and effects of technology at the organizational, psychological, and social levels. It offers an explanation of the terminology and theoretical foundations underlying the methodological analysis presented here. The author carefully guides the reader through the process of identifying relevant methods corresponding to specific information needs and conditions for carrying out the evaluation study. The Handbook takes a critical view by focusing on assumptions for application, tacit built-in perspectives of the methods as well as their perils and pitfalls. Collects a number of evaluation methods of medical informatics Addresses metrics and measures Includes an extensive list of anotated references, case studies, and a list of useful Web sites

Employee-Driven Innovation
Employee-Driven Innovation

Author: Steen Høyrup

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-05-31

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1137014768

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Presents research in Employee-Driven Innovation, an emergent field of study that meets the demand for exploiting new innovative potentials in organizations. There is a growing interest in creating new knowledge in innovation, emphasizing human resources and social processes. The authors intend to take the global lead in research on these areas.

Direct Participation and Organisational Change
Direct Participation and Organisational Change

Author: Dieter Fröhlich

Publisher: Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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This text looks at direct participation and the extent to which it diminishes the influence of employee representatives and trade unions on the company level.