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The State, Trade Unions and Self-Management : Issues of Competence and Control / ed. by Chris Cornforth, György Széll, Paul Blyton.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: de Gruyter Studies in Organization ; 16Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]Copyright date: ©1989Edition: Reprint 2015Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110116670
  • 9783110849257
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.6 19
LOC classification:
  • HD5650 .S665 1989
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: The Role of Competence in Participation, Workers' Control, and Self-Management -- Part I: Participation and Co-Determination -- Introduction -- 2. “Worker Participation” in the United States: A Preliminary Analysis of Quality of Work Life Programs -- 3. The Law as a Force for Change -- 4. Co-Determination in the Federal Republic of Germany - An Appraisal of a Secular Experience -- 5. A Political Bargaining Theory of Co-Determination -- Part II. Worker Co-operatives and Labour-Owned Firms -- Introduction -- 6. The Role of Support Organisations in Developing Worker Co-operatives: A Model for Promoting Economic and Industrial Democracy? -- 7. Consulting for Second Order Change -- 8. Self-Management in Wales: Trade Union Encouragement of Worker Co-operatives -- 9. The Possibilities and Limits of Self-Management in Cameroonian Enterprises: The Case of an Artisanal Co-operative in the Building Trade -- Part III. Economic Change, Labour, and the Unions -- Introduction -- 10. New Work Processes, Unregulated Capitalism and the Future of Labour -- 11. Belgian Unionism and Self-Management1 -- 12. Trade Unions and the Challenge of Modernisation and Computerisation in France -- 13. Technical Change and Informal Participation: The Role of Competence and Control in Administrative Work -- Part IV. The State and Self-Management -- Introduction -- 14. Limited Expertise and Local Autonomy -- 15. Organizations and Society: On Power Relationships -- 16. The Impact of State Intervention on Workers’ Control: A Case Study of Autogestion in Algeria -- Part V. Education and Competence -- Introduction -- 17. An Inter-Organizational Analysis of Competence -- 18. The Prospects of Industrial Democracy in the Context of the Proposed New Educational Policy in India -- 19. Cooperation Between Universities and Unions -- 20. Conclusion: Competence and Organizational Democracy: Concluding Reflections -- List of Contributors -- Backmatter
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: The Role of Competence in Participation, Workers' Control, and Self-Management -- Part I: Participation and Co-Determination -- Introduction -- 2. “Worker Participation” in the United States: A Preliminary Analysis of Quality of Work Life Programs -- 3. The Law as a Force for Change -- 4. Co-Determination in the Federal Republic of Germany - An Appraisal of a Secular Experience -- 5. A Political Bargaining Theory of Co-Determination -- Part II. Worker Co-operatives and Labour-Owned Firms -- Introduction -- 6. The Role of Support Organisations in Developing Worker Co-operatives: A Model for Promoting Economic and Industrial Democracy? -- 7. Consulting for Second Order Change -- 8. Self-Management in Wales: Trade Union Encouragement of Worker Co-operatives -- 9. The Possibilities and Limits of Self-Management in Cameroonian Enterprises: The Case of an Artisanal Co-operative in the Building Trade -- Part III. Economic Change, Labour, and the Unions -- Introduction -- 10. New Work Processes, Unregulated Capitalism and the Future of Labour -- 11. Belgian Unionism and Self-Management1 -- 12. Trade Unions and the Challenge of Modernisation and Computerisation in France -- 13. Technical Change and Informal Participation: The Role of Competence and Control in Administrative Work -- Part IV. The State and Self-Management -- Introduction -- 14. Limited Expertise and Local Autonomy -- 15. Organizations and Society: On Power Relationships -- 16. The Impact of State Intervention on Workers’ Control: A Case Study of Autogestion in Algeria -- Part V. Education and Competence -- Introduction -- 17. An Inter-Organizational Analysis of Competence -- 18. The Prospects of Industrial Democracy in the Context of the Proposed New Educational Policy in India -- 19. Cooperation Between Universities and Unions -- 20. Conclusion: Competence and Organizational Democracy: Concluding Reflections -- List of Contributors -- Backmatter

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