Smart Working

Informationen zum Autor Anne Marie McEwan is CEO of The Smart Work Company Ltd! which combines practical work-based learning and new management thinking to help senior practitioners make the transition to new ways of working. She is a visiting fellow at Kingston University Business School! is an Associate Tutor with Chester University on the Work Based and Integrative Studies programme (WBIS)! and she is a member of the UK Work Organisation Network. Dr McEwan has researched and worked with businesses making the transition to new ways of working! across different sectors. She co-facilitates US-based Johnson Controls' Global Mobility Network! a learning network for senior IT! FM and HR executives! where her work has included tracking workplace trends. Her doctoral studies at Cranfield University explored how manufacturing companies design organisational systems to encourage! support and harness the contribution of operator tacit knowledge in business process innovation. Klappentext It is more possible than ever to influence and shape our working environments! our experience of work and each other. Business leaders who set the conditions and create engaging! meaningful work through organisational design and use of the knowledge and creative potential of their workforces are engaging in smart working. Zusammenfassung It is more possible than ever to influence and shape our working environments, our experience of work and each other. Business leaders who set the conditions and create engaging, meaningful work through organisational design and use of the knowledge and creative potential of their workforces are engaging in smart working. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I Legacy of Learning: Setting the context; How organisations work (and do not work); First wave smart working; Design principles from the first wave. Part II All Change: What is happening?; Space, place and knowledge flows; Patterns and parallels; Part III Creating the Next Wave: Do better or do differently; Diagnosing, designing and learning; Tools, techniques and resources; Postscript:personal reflection; References; Index....

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Anne Marie McEwan is CEO of The Smart Work Company Ltd, which combines practical work-based learning and new management thinking to help senior practitioners make the transition to new ways of working. She is a visiting fellow at Kingston University Business School, is an Associate Tutor with Chester University on the Work Based and Integrative Studies programme (WBIS), and she is a member of the UK Work Organisation Network. Dr McEwan has researched and worked with businesses making the transition to new ways of working, across different sectors. She co-facilitates US-based Johnson Controls' Global Mobility Network, a learning network for senior IT, FM and HR executives, where her work has included tracking workplace trends. Her doctoral studies at Cranfield University explored how manufacturing companies design organisational systems to encourage, support and harness the contribution of operator tacit knowledge in business process innovation.

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It is more possible than ever to influence and shape our working environments, our experience of work and each other. Business leaders who set the conditions and create engaging, meaningful work through organisational design and use of the knowledge and creative potential of their workforces are engaging in smart working.

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Introduction; Part I Legacy of Learning: Setting the context; How organisations work (and do not work); First wave smart working; Design principles from the first wave. Part II All Change: What is happening?; Space, place and knowledge flows; Patterns and parallels; Part III Creating the Next Wave: Do better or do differently; Diagnosing, designing and learning; Tools, techniques and resources; Postscript:personal reflection; References; Index.