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Diversity or divide? In search of flexible specialization in the UK television industry

Vielfalt oder Gegensatz? Auf der Suche nach flexibler Spezialisierung in der britischen Fernsehindustrie
[journal article]

Tempest, Sue
Starkey, Ken
Barnatt, Christopher

Abstract

"In ihrem Beitrag über die britische Fernsehindustrie untersuchen die Autoren ausgehend von der These einer zunehmenden flexiblen Spezialisierung, die Organisation der Produktion und Distribution von Programminhalten. Angesichts neuer technologischer Möglichkeiten und ökonomischer Notwendigkeiten so... view more

"In ihrem Beitrag über die britische Fernsehindustrie untersuchen die Autoren ausgehend von der These einer zunehmenden flexiblen Spezialisierung, die Organisation der Produktion und Distribution von Programminhalten. Angesichts neuer technologischer Möglichkeiten und ökonomischer Notwendigkeiten sowie unter Betonung des in Großbritannien wichtigen Einflusses der Reregulation dieser Industrie, finden die Autoren tatsächlich einen Trend zur Produktionsorganisation in flexibel spezialisierten Unternehmensnetzwerken, gleichzeitig aber auch die Weiterexistenz von Inhouse-Produktionen und eine Zunahme von Unternehmungsübernahmen in diesem Bereich. Der zunehmenden Diversität in der Produktionsorganisation stellen die Autoren die Konzentration im Bereich der Programmdistribution durch Fernsehsender gegenüber und geben eine Einschätzung der sich vor diesem Hintergrund verändernden Beziehungen zwischen Produktion und Distribution." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)... view less


"Competitive pressures are driving firms in many industries towards more flexible organizational forms. In particular, stable, vertically integrated organizations are being challenged by those drawing together resources in unique, 'flexibly specialised' webs or 'networks'. Some analysts suggest that... view more

"Competitive pressures are driving firms in many industries towards more flexible organizational forms. In particular, stable, vertically integrated organizations are being challenged by those drawing together resources in unique, 'flexibly specialised' webs or 'networks'. Some analysts suggest that the growth of network organizations marks a major 'industrial divide' and that, with the decomposition of mass markets, organizations based upon the principles of economies of scale are no longer viable. This paper questions the interpretation of the flexible specialization thesis as a production paradigm via an examination of the UK television industry. In particular, the diversity of emerging organizational forms in UK television is explored by presenting flexible specializations as a 'mode of production' which can manifest itself in a diversity of organizational models. As a result of such analysis, it is concluded that emergent forms of organization in television are not subject to any one particular categorization, and indeed that to search for a dominant production paradigm is counter-productive." (author's abstract, IAB-Doku)... view less

Keywords
production; intercompany cooperation; organization; media industry; television; Great Britain; work organization

Classification
Economic Sectors
Business Administration

Method
applied research

Document language
English

Publication Year
1997

Page/Pages
p. 38-57

Journal
Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, 4 (1997) 1

ISSN
0943-2779

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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