Title :

Story of a gradual decline of maintenance skills in a high-risk organization (1980-2020)

Author(s) :

Masson, Lena [Auteur]
Lille University Management Lab - ULR 4999 [LUMEN]
Dietrich, Anne [Auteur]

Journal title :

Gérer et Comprendre. Annales des Mines

Pages :

13-21

Publisher :

Eska

Publication date :

2024-09-10

ISSN :

0295-4397

English keyword(s) :

Maintenance work
High-risk industry
Subcontracting
Skill management
Inter-organizational control

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Gestion et management

English abstract : [en]

In industry, maintenance work, which is deemed non-strategic, is widely subcontracted. While these activities are essential to maintaining the reliability of high-risk organisations, the fact that they are subcontracted ...
Show more >In industry, maintenance work, which is deemed non-strategic, is widely subcontracted. While these activities are essential to maintaining the reliability of high-risk organisations, the fact that they are subcontracted is frequently blamed for industrial disasters. In the short term, this leads to financial gains, but also to adverse effects, especially in terms of skills. An in-depth, longitudinal, and multi-level case study within the high-risk business line of a major government-owned company enables us to map out the skills-loss process, to identify the factors behind it, and to inform the analysis of the relationship between inter-organisational control mechanisms and the skills that are required to perform the outsourced activities.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Lille University Management Lab (LUMEN) - ULR 4999

Source :

Harvested from HAL

Submission date :

2024-11-02T03:40:16Z