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    The future of professional work? The rise of the `network form¿ and the decline of discretion

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    Publication date
    2003
    Author
    Grugulis, C. Irena
    Vincent, S.
    Hebson, G.
    Keyword
    Networked organisations
    Flexible organisations
    Professional skills
    Outsourcing
    Management
    Flexibility in organisations
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    © 2003 Blackwell Publishing. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
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    Abstract
    This article explores the implications of `networked¿ and `flexible¿ organisations for the work and skills of professionals. Drawing on material from four different case studies it reviews work that is out-sourced (IT professionals and housing benefit caseworkers), work done by teachers contracted to a temporary employment agency and work done through an inter-firm network (chemical production workers). In each of these cases work that was out-sourced was managed very differently to that which was undertaken in-house, with managerial monitoring replacing and reducing employees¿ discretion. New staff in these networks had fewer skills when hired and were given access to a narrower range of skills than their predecessors. By contrast, the production staff employed on permanent contracts in the inter-firm network were given (and took) significant amounts of responsibility, with positive results for both their skills and the work processes. Despite these results, out-sourcing and sub-contracting are a far more common means of securing flexibility than organisational collaboration and the implications of this for skills is considered.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10454/2210
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    Grugulis, C. I., Vincent, S. and Hebson, G. (2003) The future of professional work? The rise of the `network form¿ and the decline of discretion. Human Resource Management Journal. Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 45-59
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    http://blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0954-5395
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