Homepage of dr. Hans Pruijt
dr Hans D. Pruijt
Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Sociologie
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam,
PO Box 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam
Burg. Oudlaan 50
Room M6-12
010 408 2071
pruijt@fsw.eur.nl
Taylorism vs. Anti-Taylorism The Fight Against Taylorism in Europe Taylorism (keeping conception and execution apart ) is a persistent, underlying principle of many organizations. Many have pointed to drawbacks in terms of flexibility, capacity for innovation, quality, cost and employee wellbeing. There is a countermovement, particularly in North-West Europe where managers and employee representatives, aided by consultants and researchers, pursue viable alternatives. Job Design and Technology analyzes 150 cases of anti-Taylorist initiatives in Scandinavia, the UK and the Netherlands. A conclusion: it is possible, with monumental effort and ingenuity, to achieve real change in the workplace. However a notable proportion of organizations, even those now known as successful innovators, later regressed to a more Tayloristic manner of working. This book explores various explanations, seeks to draw out the practical lessons. | Multiple Personalities: the Case of Business Process Reengineering Business Process Reengineering (BPR) seemed anti-Taylorism on steroids. But it is full of tricky contradictions. Repainting, Modifying, Smashing Taylorism Taylorism is more resilient than many have expected. It can be flexibly adapted while keeping intact its core attractions, the promise of a “one best way” and a medicine against “systematic soldiering” . Performance and Quality of Working Life Many successful authors paint an ideal model in which high performance and the abolishment of Taylorism go hand in hand, and suggest that this is the wave of the future. This is an appealing approach, but there are also some drawbacks: a blind spot for the employment relationship and a tendency to downplay the change efforts required to make the visions a reality. Teams between Neo-Taylorism and Anti-Taylorism Is embracing teamworking as practiced in Japanese companies such as Toyota the most viable way to get rid of Taylorism? Or is teamworking just a cheaper, more insidious form of management control? The key to this conundrum is differentiating between types of teamworking. Work, Power and the Economy Internationale Herstructurering, Baanonzekerheid en Werknemersparticipatie. | Internet and Social Capital Social Capital and the Equalizing Potential of the Internet The Internet is the social capital of the information society. It also offers a potential for counteracting isolation caused by divide-and-conquer organizational politics. More>>> Urban Movements Is the Institutionalization of Urban Movements Inevitable? A Comparison of the Opportunities for Sustained Squatting in New York City and Amsterdam.Links The Impact of Citizens' Protest on City Planning in Amsterdam A relatively successful mobilization. Squatting in Europe Mastering ICT Programming the Evolution of Cooperation Since the repeated Prisoner's Dilemma game exhibits a negative relationship between technical complexity and theoretical relevance, it is useful as a case in a social science computing course. More>>> Other Activities Sailing |
