Middle Managers in Europe

by Burgoyne,John G.

• ISBN13: 9780415139021
• ISBN10: 0415139023
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Based on research on the European Human Capital and Mobility Programme, this book provides an overview of the evolution of middle management in Europe and includes: a comparative analysis using empirical evidence to show how their role has changed; an analysis of the evolution of managerial practices and the attitudes of middle managers to them in the UK, France, Denmark and Greece; and an exploratory study of the consequences of Quality Management on Middle Managers. This research contains the findings and views of members of fifteen organizations from five European countries--Greece, France, Portugal, The Netherlands and the UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Middle Managers in management thinking: crucial...and absent

Managers, Cadres, Leitende Angestellte: some landmarks about managerial group titles and definitions

Middle Management, Communication and Organization change

Trends in European Middle Management: evidence from five countries

Middle Management in crisis: who should be blamed? The French situation

The nature of middle manager's work in the civil service: the case of

Towards the disappearance of middle managers? Three case studies in Danish knowledge organizations

The New Foreman are here! Analysis of a myth

Middle Management and Quality Improvement: evidence from five countries

The changing psychological contracts of middle managers in Great Britain: effects and reactions

European Professional and Managerial Staff on the move

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