Comments on: A Change Is Gonna Come? http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/2009/06/a-change-is-gonna-come/ The smart way to smart working Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:12:08 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nothing So Practical As A Good Theory | The Smart Work Company http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/2009/06/a-change-is-gonna-come/comment-page-1/#comment-5412 Nothing So Practical As A Good Theory | The Smart Work Company Wed, 05 May 2010 15:33:05 +0000 http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/?p=1638#comment-5412 [...] constant questioning prevents the sort of rigidity that ultimately seems to have prevailed within General Motors. Responsibility for embedding these sorts of practices lies principally with leadership influencing [...] [...] constant questioning prevents the sort of rigidity that ultimately seems to have prevailed within General Motors. Responsibility for embedding these sorts of practices lies principally with leadership influencing [...]

]]> By: Wish I Had Said That | The Smart Work Company http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/2009/06/a-change-is-gonna-come/comment-page-1/#comment-3115 Wish I Had Said That | The Smart Work Company Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:52:54 +0000 http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/?p=1638#comment-3115 [...] a blog post I wrote earlier this year when GM went into bankruptcy, something Yochai Benkler said stopped me in [...] [...] a blog post I wrote earlier this year when GM went into bankruptcy, something Yochai Benkler said stopped me in [...]

]]> By: Is Technology Transforming Work? | The Smart Work Company http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/2009/06/a-change-is-gonna-come/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 Is Technology Transforming Work? | The Smart Work Company Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:28:33 +0000 http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/?p=1638#comment-1950 [...] Boomers out, Gen Y in; and technological) that transformative change is inevitable. As I said in A Change Is Gonna Come?, a post about GM a few weeks ago, change will come to businesses one way or [...] [...] Boomers out, Gen Y in; and technological) that transformative change is inevitable. As I said in A Change Is Gonna Come?, a post about GM a few weeks ago, change will come to businesses one way or [...]

]]> By: A Change Is Gonna Come? » Dig for Leadership - Stories that try to make the world a better place. http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/2009/06/a-change-is-gonna-come/comment-page-1/#comment-1487 A Change Is Gonna Come? » Dig for Leadership - Stories that try to make the world a better place. Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:00:57 +0000 http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/?p=1638#comment-1487 [...] his analysis in the FT of <a rel="nofollow"… carry on reading. Share and [...] [...] his analysis in the FT of <a rel="nofollow"… carry on reading. Share and [...]

]]> By: Jon H. http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/2009/06/a-change-is-gonna-come/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 Jon H. Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:44:48 +0000 http://www.thesmartworkcompany.com/?p=1638#comment-1464 <i>“In effect, they gave Taylorism to the workers. It taps into three sources of adult motivation -the desire for excellence, a mature sense of realism, and a positive response to respect and trust”</i> Broadly speaking, I think Fred Emery and Eric Trist would call this a variant of participative work design. “In effect, they gave Taylorism to the workers. It taps into three sources of adult motivation -the desire for excellence, a mature sense of realism, and a positive response to respect and trust”

Broadly speaking, I think Fred Emery and Eric Trist would call this a variant of participative work design.

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