New ways of working: a vision of the future

Type	Book, Section
Author(s)	Duffy,F. , Clements-Croome,D.
Publication year	2000
Notes	ID: DUFFY2000; In one sense Duffy's contribution remains what it was in 1990, a clarion call for nes offices which escape the Taylorist lergacy that he perceives to be still casting its shadow over the modern working environment. This is a convincing argument, but elsewhere in Duffy's text the sceptic can detect limgering traces og the legacy, as in remarks that staff are trained to accept a management vision. One of his cases (Bob Ayling at BA) has subsequently departed amidst press reports of a management style that failed to achieve the envisioned cultural change. In Myerson's (1997) terms Waterside may be more moderniser than 'mould=breaker'. This is not to criticise Daffy but rather to propose the resistance is more deeply embedded than he imagines.
Issue	22
Start page	323
End page	333
Relevance to practice	High but more difficult than perhaps the author appreciates.
Evidence base	Moderate
Readability	High

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