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[...]... 2 The impact of modern working practices on how people work and their experience of work The Essentials of the New Workplace: A Guide to the Human Impact of Modern Working Practices Edited by David Holman, Toby D Wall, Chris W Clegg, Paul Sparrow and Ann Howard C 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2 THE ESSENTIALS OF THE NEW WORKPLACE Table 1.1 Definition of the modern working practices Modern working practice... and management education and development He is the author of Management and Language: The Manager as a Practical Author and has published articles in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology, Human Relations, Management Learning, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Applied Ergonomics Toby D Wall... with modern working practices? r How do HRM practices affect the form of a practice? r How do HRM and modern working practices affect employee and organisational performance? Social and Political Factors in the Design and Management of Modern Working Practices? r How do the designs of modern working practices arise? r How are working practices shaped and configured by the various actors? r What are the. .. bundled together with other working practices and are embedded within a social system in which two significant aspects are job design and human resource practices The mixture of technical and social practices means that a single practice can take on a variety of forms, and that the effects of a practice may ultimately depend on the form it takes CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE WORKPLACE Most of us are now fairly... European Human Resource Management in Transition, The Competent Organization: A x ABOUT THE EDITORS Psychological Analysis of the Strategic Management Process, Human Resource Management: The New Agenda, International Human Resource Management and Globalizing Human Resource Management He has also published articles in leading journals on the future of work, human resource strategy, the psychology of strategic... involvement and virtual working These practices are defined in Table 1.1 and were chosen because their use is thought to be on the increase and to be having a significant impact the nature of work The last two chapters are concerned with the fourth aim of the book, the relationship between modern working practices, human resource management and organisational performance Chapter 11 focuses on manufacturing organisations,... products onto the market, rather than a system building to market demand (see Table 2.1 for a full comparison of the Ford and Toyota production systems) According to Ohno, the Toyota system has two pillars—JIT and “autonomation”, or “automation with a human touch” The primary focus of this is to have machines sense Table 2.1 Ohno’s comparison of production systems at Toyota and Ford Toyota production... total quality management, advanced manufacturing technology, call centres, team working and knowledge management are just a few of the practices that organisations are using in their search for effectiveness The introduction and use of these practices has provoked much debate and research on their nature and effects A consistent theme within this has been that the social, psychological and organisational... using to respond to the changing social and economic landscape and introducing the main issues and theoretical approaches to the social and psychological side of modern working practices This brief introduction suggests that a number of critical questions that the reader can bear in mind when reading this book They are: The New Workplace r How prevalent are modern working practices? r What is the evidence... turned to the implications for workers that such a system may involve In this chapter, we begin with an outline of the origins of lean manufacturing, commencing with an overview of the Toyota Production System and, in particular, the ideas of Taiichi Ohno, the main architect of just-in-time (JIT) Following this we review the emergence The Essentials of the New Workplace: A Guide to the Human Impact of Modern . technologies. 2. The impact of modern working practices on how people work and their experience of work. The Essentials of the New Workplace: A Guide to the Human Impact of Modern Working Practices. Edited. available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The essentials of the new workplace : a guide to the human impact of modern working practices / edited by David. is the author of Management and Language: The Manager as a Practical Author and has published articles in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of