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[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Alternative paths into the information economy and policy learning
The argument that Europe has to find its own way to the information economy seems to assume that companies of all countries and regions in Europe have to apply more or less the same ICT-based restructuring strategies. Furthermore, this would imply that all regions are also con...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34626
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Individualised strategies to combat social exclusion
Our research reveals that ICT-based organisational restructuring might not be a positive sum game. Besides restructuring winners, we can also find groups of workers that are threatened by social exclusion risks.
Various approaches have been developed to prevent or combat soci...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34622
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] The creation of European management practice: The Importance of the European dimension in the research
The focus of the CEMP programme on the creation of European management practice has of course implied that the European dimension has been central in the research. The studies undertaken have thus covered a large number of European countries. This has been accomplished through...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34629
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] The creation of European management practice: Institutions of management knowledge and the convergence of European business Practice
CEMP research has shown that management practice has evolved in waves, which differ significantly in terms of the dominant ideas, the focus of management attention, and the role of top managers. A first wave occurred in the period from the 1880s to the 1970s with a major expan...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34627
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] The creation of European management practice: Differences between different parts of Europe
Concerning education the programme has primarily categorised different regions in Europe according to how they have responded to the influence for the American system of management education (Engwall and Zamagni, 1998). It is those parts of Europe that first developed their ow...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34628
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: The increasing importance of the regional level
We have argued that the effective use of modern ICT typically requires organisational changes and large investments in human capital. Intensive training is discussed as an important tool to combat reproduced and new forms of social exclusion. Policies to improve the applicatio...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34625
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: General strategies to combat social exclusion in the information economy
Active labour market policy, including measures such as further training, wage subsidies or the creation of employment outside the labour market, is often seen as too limited for combating social exclusion. To fundamentally approach the problem of social exclusion, more acting...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34623
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Skills and competencies
There is some evidence that the emerging information economy triggers a trend towards up-skilling. This trend cannot be related to the introduction of modern ICTs only; instead, as stressed several times, one has to highlight the central role of ICT-enabled organisational chan...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34620
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Co-ordinating various policy areas
The concept of technological practices directs policy makers attention from the supply-side to the demand-side perspective of the information economy. It also underlines that companies can benefit most when they combine advanced technology use with a bundle of social innovati...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34624
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
[REPORT SUMMARY] Information society, work, and the generation of new forms of social exclusion: Cultural change and employers' participation
Modern technological infrastructure supported by new organisation forms opens up opportunities for intensive information exchange by giving employees access to all available information but it seldom produces the expected results. New techno-organisational structures alone can...
Programme: FP4-TSER
Record Number: 34621
Last updated on: 2005-01-14
List retrieved on: 2017-07-30
