The Approach to Industrial Change in Britain and Germany

Résumé du livre

Comparison of labour relations and employment policies with respect to technological change at the enterprise level in Germany, Federal Republic and the UK - based on case studies, considers trade union attitudes and employers organization reactions to major innovations (e.g. Relocation of industry, new factory organization, computerization and resulting redundancy), and discusses the desire to reduce costs in British industries as well as the system of cooperative dispute settlement (together with the role of works councils) in germany, etc.