Work and Its Content, a Blind Spot in the Representations of Executives
Technological, economic and social changes are leading to a “labour crisis”. And yet, any crisis calls for managerial responses not only at the macro level, but also at the micro level of productive organizations. This raises the question of the way in which managerial teams seize work, identify the associated issues and imagine the actions necessary to respond to these contemporary challenges. A survey of 33 corporate senior executives shows that work, which they put at a distance, is largely delegated to local management. Senior executives limit their concerns to managing only those employees on whom their conception of strategic advantage is based.