00000caa a22000003a 4500 UP-1685594773861892385 Buklod 20230619085743.0 ta rb |||| u| ta 120913s xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPBAG-00009553233 GRC-Monograph Ozaki, Muneto Labour relations and work organization in industrialized countries Muneto Ozaki. 1996. p. [37]-57 22 X 28 cm. Photocopy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 57) Employers' policies on work organization -- Different approaches to union participation -- Trade union policies on work organization -- resistance to management-led reforms -- Negotiation of participative arrangements -- Abstention from involvement -- Labour/management interaction the erosion of managerial prerogative -- union influence through personnel policy -- Methods and effectiveness of labour/management interaction -- Linking direct and representative participation -- Negotiated arrangements for direct participation -- Union involvement in direct participation processes -- Concluding remarks. Since the 1980s work organization reforms have been driven by employers' pursuit of higher productivity and competitiveness. The resulting teamwork, multiskilling, enhanced flexibility and direct participation can satisfy workers' aspirations to more fulfilling jobs, but pose a challenge to trade unions: such reforms create - and are often introduced through - channels of labour-management interaction that bypass collective bargaining and formal consultative machinery. Examining and comparing experiences in different countries and enterprises, the author argues that unless unions can gain a greater role in decision-making on the content of work, they risk losing members to management-controlled participation schemes.--SCAD summary. Industrial relations. International Labour Review. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organization. Vol. 135. No. 1. 1996. p. 37-58. UPBAG GRC GRC-MONOGRAPH Analytics