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Standardisation - A Means for Creating Developing Work?
Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling. Linköpings universitet, Tekniska högskolan.
Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande, Avdelningen för pedagogik inom arbetsliv och utbildning (PiAU). Linköpings universitet, Filosofiska fakulteten.
Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för konstruktions- och produktionsteknik.
1998 (Engelska)Ingår i: Ergonomics for Global Quality and Productivity: Proceedings, 1998Konferensbidrag, Publicerat paper (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
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1998.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-14672OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-14672DiVA, id: diva2:24214
Tillgänglig från: 2007-10-01 Skapad: 2007-10-01
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1. On Stage: Acting for development of businesses and ergonomics in woodworking SMEs
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>On Stage: Acting for development of businesses and ergonomics in woodworking SMEs
2007 (Engelska)Doktorsavhandling, sammanläggning (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

This thesis reports findings and results from studies of development work and change processes in the secondary woodworking industry. The purpose with the research is to increase the knowledge on how companies can initiate change and to increase their ability to change. The dual aim of improving both business and working conditions served as a guiding condition for the research. Case studies and action research were performed in small companies, mainly with less than 100 employees and in some cases less than 20 employees.

The thesis encompasses six papers addressing different topics within the framework of development work and change processes. Topics elaborated are how performance concerning the ergonomic situation in a company can be measured and how the content and process of ISO 9000 implementation as well as standardisation influence system performance and working conditions. Furthermore, a framework for how change is enacted in SMEs and its effects on ergonomic considerations is suggested. A methodology for initiating change efforts in complex and ambiguous problem situations is presented. Finally the different expert and participant roles in an organisational change effort are elaborated and analysed with reference to experiences from previous case studies and theory.

Together, the papers and the thesis emphasize the importance of action and work activities as a base for change. It is in the conflicting work activities or work conduct of differing perspectives where many of the drivers of change can be found. I also argue that this is a main reason to give good working conditions utmost importance for organisation performance. Further, I conclude that the six papers together contribute to a theoretical basis for developing small firms and attractive workplaces. It is indicated that the results are relevant to small manufacturing firms, while neither organisational structure nor resources available are the same as in larger companies. Moreover, the organisational size has a number of implications on aspects like visibility, available theoretical knowledge, vulnerability, formalisation, institutionalised organisational inertia etc. that will alter the demands on the change process. Many of the results are not limited to woodworking industry; the technical content of the ergonomics problems will however be different in other firms.

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Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling, 2007. s. 140
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Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations, ISSN 0345-7524 ; 1123
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organisational change, ergonomics, woodworking, SME
Nationell ämneskategori
Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi
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urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-9894 (URN)978-91-85831-18-0 (ISBN)
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2007-10-05, C3, Hus C, Campus Valla, Linköpings universitet, Linköping, 10:15 (Engelska)
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Tillgänglig från: 2007-10-01 Skapad: 2007-10-01 Senast uppdaterad: 2020-03-24

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