Many employees spend a lot of time these days trying to figure out why they often don't seem to 'fit' anymore into their workplaces, why they're longer 'visible' to their companies, and why they don't understand the current state of workplace affairs. This may have to do with the fact that many workplaces have become too large and have succumbed to management philosophies that encourage the expansion of bureaucracy and the rise of administrators who are mostly interested in promoting administration, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. What do employees do when strategies for increasing productivity, efficiency and for reducing costs become the overriding goals of a workplace? When mergers, reorganizations and relocations become the order of business? This book offers some personal reflections about what is going on in modern-day workplaces.
Paula M. De Angelis is a scientific researcher and consultant. She received her PhD from the University of Oslo and has worked in academic research settings for the past thirty years in both Norway and the USA.