Negotiating the future : a labor perspective on American business
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Negotiating the future : a labor perspective on American business
Basic Books, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-317) and index
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ISBN 9780465049172
Description
It is no secret that corporate America is in troubleas are labor unionsand a principal reason is our archaic system of labor-management relations, which excludes labor from participating in, and sharing responsibility for, the growth and profitability of the enterprises for which it works. In a book sure to arouse controversy in both management and labor circles, Barry and Irving Bluestone propose a new Enterprise Compact under which labor becomes co-responsible with management for all strategic business decisionspricing, investment, plant location, and more.
Table of Contents
Introduction A New Vision for American Enterprise * From The Glory Days To Troubled Times The Glory Days and the Traditional Workplace Contract Goodbye to the Glory Days What Went Wrong? * From The Adversarial Workplace To Employee Involvement Management Rights and Union Demands Employee Involvement in Action Does Participation Work? * Toward An Enterprise Contract From Co-Managing the Workplace to Co-Managing the Enterprise The Enterprise Contract Creating a Benign Climate for the New Labor-Management Accord
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: pbk ISBN 9780465049189
Description
It is no secret that corporate America is in trouble,as are labour unions,and a principal reason is our archaic system of labour-management relations, which excludes labour from participating in, and sharing responsibility for, the growth and profitability of the enterprises for which it works. In a book sure to arouse controversy in both management and labour circles, Barry and Irving Bluestone propose a new Enterprise Compact under which labour becomes co-responsible with management for all strategic business decisions,pricing, investment, plant location, and more.
Table of Contents
Introduction * A New Vision for American Enterprise From The Glory Days To Troubled Times * The Glory Days and the Traditional Workplace Contract * Goodbye to the Glory Days * What Went Wrong? From The Adversarial Workplace To Employee Involvement * Management Rights and Union Demands * Employee Involvement in Action * Does Participation Work? Toward An Enterprise Contract * From Co-Managing the Workplace to Co-Managing the Enterprise * The Enterprise Contract * Creating a Benign Climate for the New Labor-Management Accord
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