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Publication date: 1 October 1999

Dominique Besson and Slimane Haddadj

Today’s ever‐expanding global economy demands increased flexibility in all US industries where state‐of‐the‐art manufacturing and production methods are employed. A high‐skilled…

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Today’s ever‐expanding global economy demands increased flexibility in all US industries where state‐of‐the‐art manufacturing and production methods are employed. A high‐skilled, well‐trained labor force is the key to a successful implementation of such methods that will allow the USA to compete effectively with those industrialized nations that have already made state‐of‐the‐art production and a high‐skilled labor force their top industrial and economic priorities. The US chemical industry, for example, is one industry that has found it quite difficult to follow through on these priorities. By factor analyses, regressions and cluster analyses, it is shown that many neo‐Taylorian practices persist through the development of lean production in this industry. If the US chemical industry is to compete competitively in the new global economy, it must make a more serious effort in addressing these priorities.

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 23 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 1 July 2006

Slimane Haddadj

The purpose of this paper is to examine the paradoxes immanent in CEO succession.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the paradoxes immanent in CEO succession.

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This case study is based on stories of organizational change told by different actors in a family organization that experienced a CEO succession.

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Admitting that every organization is complex by nature in the sense that it is an ongoing expression of paradox and uncertainty means that organizations must be complex in order to maintain the relationships with the environment and with employees.

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This study examines CEO succession in small and medium‐sized firms. A crucial issue for research on organizations, it has been neglected in studies of organizational change.

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Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 19 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0953-4814

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Publication date: 1 February 2003

Dominique Besson and Slimane Haddadj

Most succession processes prove to be dysfunctional, resulting in high hidden costs. This article shows how a socio‐economic process can help the actors prevent those…

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Most succession processes prove to be dysfunctional, resulting in high hidden costs. This article shows how a socio‐economic process can help the actors prevent those dysfunctions, while dealing with the creation of new forms of power.

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Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 16 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0953-4814

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Publication date: 1 April 2003

Slimane Haddadj

The organizational change that is happening when firms are undergaing a CEO succession is difficult to apprehend and analyze. Further it is not related to any kind of linear…

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The organizational change that is happening when firms are undergaing a CEO succession is difficult to apprehend and analyze. Further it is not related to any kind of linear approach. Rather, in most cases, the CEO succession is complex, dynamic and is embedded in a context and a situation that needs to be analyzed from inside the organizations by listening to the actors in order to really understand what is going on.

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Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 16 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0953-4814

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Publication date: 1 October 1998

Slimane Haddadj and Dominique Besson

The results show that firms in the same industry do not use the same approach in order to solve the skill shortage. Defining three approaches, most firms tend to be oriented…

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The results show that firms in the same industry do not use the same approach in order to solve the skill shortage. Defining three approaches, most firms tend to be oriented toward “contingent action”, “active action” or “passive action”. These orientations are partly explained by the difficulty met by firms doing their business. As only a minority of firms use “active action” to address skill shortage, it appears that most of them cannot react by themselves. They should get some help from the State in order to address the skill shortage.

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 22 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 1 July 2006

Pierre Louart, Rita Durant, Alexis Downs and Dominique Besson

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Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 19 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0953-4814

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Publication date: 6 June 2019

Grace Ann Rosile and Robert F. Dennehy

This chapter covers the history of the Standing Conference for Management and Organizational Inquiry (sc’MOI). It develops insights into embodiment conference practices, how…

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This chapter covers the history of the Standing Conference for Management and Organizational Inquiry (sc’MOI). It develops insights into embodiment conference practices, how critical storytelling was part of our conference work from the beginning, and how the conference community used “ensemble leadership” rather than a hierarchical solo leader, or board-led approach. Sc’MOI existed for 25 years, and disbanded, while still solvent.

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The Emerald Handbook of Management and Organization Inquiry
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ISBN: 978-1-78714-552-8

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