Concept-Driven Change

The Core Element in a National Workplace Development Program

Bjørn Gustavsen | National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm

Anders Wikman | National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm

Marianne Ekman Philips | National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm

Bernd Hofmaier | Halmstad University

Sweden experienced a strong increase in productivity during the first part of the 1990s. Data from the Swedish Working Life Fund show that the productivity increase is linked to changes in work organization. These changes did not break with the Swedish tradition of expanding on work roles and the potential for learning and development among shop floor workers. The new element in the changed organization of work relates first and foremost to development processes as such, and new ways in which to broaden and accelerate such processes.

Keywords: Work Organization, Concept-driven Change, Broad Participation, Development Organization, Productivity, Critical Mass.

Published online: 01 January 1996
https://doi.org/10.1075/cat.1.2-3.05gus

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