Work restructuring and technical change: a case study of the Royal Navy warfare branch

David Preece; Marcus Blosch; John Strain

doi:10.1108/00483480210430364

Work restructuring and technical change: a case study of the Royal Navy warfare branch

David Preece
, Marcus Blosch
, John Strain

Teesside University

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Abstract

The paper examines a recent example of work and employment restructuring in the Royal Navy. This involved the creation of a new employment branch (the Warfare Branch) out of two former branches: the Operations Branch and the Weapon Engineering Branch. The case study is used as a vehicle for exploring whether, and if so in what senses, technical change can be argued to have contributed to this organizational restructuring, within the wider contexts and dynamics of change.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	449-464
Journal	Personnel Review
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480210430364
Publication status	Published - 2002

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