The Invisible Chain

Companies and work have undergone significant change, and a new productive model has emerged. This book shows how the model works, showing its high degree of coherence in terms of the integration of functions within companies. This book creates a new and challenging theory of services, rooted in the concrete experience of workshops and offices.

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JEAN PIERRE DURAND is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Centre de Recherches Pierre Naville, at the University of Paris-Evry, France. He is the co-author of After Fordism, Teamwork in the Automobile Industry and Living Labour: Life of the Line at Peugeot-France.

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List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Reforming Corporate Structures: Integrating Reticular Reasoning and Tight Flows The Tight Flow Rules: Work under Time Constraints The Competency Model The Reshaping of Labour: Tight Flow and the Mobilization of Employees The Fragmentation of the Labour Market and the Mobilization of Employees Information Technology and the Service Industry: White-Collar Work More Difficult but More Interesting Work? Intensification and Autonomy Unionism and Globalization Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index