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Employees and entrepreneurship : co-ordination and spontaneity in non-hierarchical business organizations / Ivan Pongracic, Jr

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: New thinking in political economy | Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2009Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 143 p)ISBN:
  • 9781848446137
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 1847208061 | 9781847208064 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: Employees and entrepreneurship. Druck-Ausgabe Cheltenham [u.a.] : Edward Elgar, 2009. XII, 143 S.DDC classification:
  • 658.314
RVK: RVK: QP 343LOC classification:
  • HD50.5
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781848446137Online resources: Summary: Over the last few decades, there has been a great deal of management literature recommending the removal of firms' hierarchies and the empowerment of employees. Ivan Pongracic, Jr. examines these themes through the lense of the economic theory of the firm. Balancing the tendency for management literature to overlook basic costs and trade-offs of decentralization, and the rigidity of economics that hinders an appreciation for the real world phenomenon of decentralization, this book arrives at a realistic middle ground between the two extremes. The dance between hierarchy and employee empowerment exists in even the most hierarchical firms, and this book explores this often overlooked dynamicSummary: 1. Introduction -- 2. The hierarchical theory of the firm -- 3. The knowledge problem in firms -- 4. Spontaneous order in decentralized firms -- 5. Employees as creative agents -- 6. ConclusionPPN: PPN: 1023437295Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE | ZDB-77-ECB | ZDB-77-EEC
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