Direct participation and organisational change, fashionable but misunderstood? : an analysis of recent research in Europe, Japan and the USA
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Direct participation and organisational change, fashionable but misunderstood? : an analysis of recent research in Europe, Japan and the USA
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions , Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1996
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
At head of title: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
"EF/96/38/EN"
Catalogue number SX-98-96-227-EN-C
Bibliography: p. [200]-228
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The 1990s have seen a strong revival of the debate on work organization, optimal use of human resources and direct participation of employees. Within the European Union, the Commission, the Social Partners and governments started a debate, which was further advanced as Europe was slipping into its worst post-war recession, demonstrating the need for structural adjustment. The European Foundation initiated a project examining European experiments on direct participation with the Japanese approach, and asking whether these new developments only represent a rationalization strategy with negative impact on employment. To what extent does direct participation diminish the influence of employee representatives and trade unions on the company level?
Table of Contents
- Direct participation as an international concern of organizations and of social science
- individual participation
- group work betweeen "Volvoism" and "Toyotoism"
- the debate over the role of middle managers
- the impact of employee representation
- an overview of direct participation in Europe, Japan and the USA.
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