Workers participation in decisions within undertakings
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTSPart I. General introduction 1. An increasingly topical subject 2. Varieties of participation Objectives Ethical or moral objectives Socio-political objectives Economic objectives Observations Methods Information and consultation Collective bargaining Co-decision in works councils or similar bodies Membership of management bodies Self-management Areas of participation 3. Objections 4. General observations Some key factors Role of legislation and agreements Training Information Other factors Part II. The machinery of participation 5. Self-management and related systems Self-management systems Yugoslavia Algeria Poland IsraelWorkers' participation in decisions Tanzania Madagascar Peru Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Some experiments Producers' co-operatives and other related systems 6. Membership of management bodies Private sector Industrialised countries Federal Republic of Germany Austria Spain France Denmark Norway Sweden Luxembourg Netherlands Plans and proposals Finland. Ireland United Kingdom Switzerland European Communities Other Developing countries Public sector (in market economy countries) Industrialised countries France United Kingdom Ireland Israel Developing countries Benin Congo Egypt India Iraq Mali Mozambique Pakistan Syrian Arab Republic Tanzania Turkey Venezuela Other countries7. Works councils and specialised bodies Statutory bodies Composition Powers and functions Facilities and protection afforded to members General observations Bodies set up by national agreements Scandinavian countries Composition Operation Competence and functions Appeals Promoting collaboration Other arrangements Italy Other voluntary bodies United Kingdom United States Canada Australasia Switzerland Japan Arrangements in some developing countries Jamaica India Malaysia Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand Formal personnel or union representation 8. Participation through trade unions and collective bargaining in market economy countries 9. Participation through trade unions in some centrally planned economies Common features USSR. Bulgaria Czechoslovakia German Democratic Republic Hungary Romania Possible effects of economic concentration 10. Summary and concluding remarks Diversity, similarities and complementarity Main trends Appendix |