Empower or consuming human resources

However, it is an oversimplification to equate intensive work systems with Taylorism and sustainable work systems with departures from Taylorism to what have often been coined in the literature as ‘post-bureaucratic organisations’. Recent international statistics on stress, burnout and healthy work organisations suggest that many ‘newer’ organisations are consuming rather than regenerating their human resources.

 

Källa: Huzzard, T. (2003) The convergence of the quality of working life and competitiveness – A current Swedish literature review (Arbetsliv i omvandling 2003:9) Stockholm: Arbetslivsinstitutet