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10 May, 2001IMF research paper deals with current trends in enterprise restructuring and work organisation, plus trade union responses.
GENEVA: In the IMF Action Programme adopted at its 1997 Congress in San Francisco, the need for the IMF to undertake initiatives to analyse changes in the organisation of work, and their impact on different groups of workers, was underlined.
One of these initiatives has been a joint research project carried out by the IMF Working Group on Work Organisation to determine the impact of restructuring trends on collective bargaining, work organisation and work content, and to explore the trade unions' responses.
The outcome of this study has now been published by the IMF in a paper entitled "Enterprise Restructuring and Work Organisation". The first part deals with current trends, particularly evidence of measures that enhance flexibility, contingency and individualisation, and the repercussions on workers. The second highlights union responses to these changes and achievements.
"Enterprise Restructuring and Work Organisation", in English only, can be accessed on the IMF website under "Publications". For a printed copy, make requests by e-mail: [email protected] or fax: (41/22) 308-5055, with the necessary postal address.
One of these initiatives has been a joint research project carried out by the IMF Working Group on Work Organisation to determine the impact of restructuring trends on collective bargaining, work organisation and work content, and to explore the trade unions' responses.
The outcome of this study has now been published by the IMF in a paper entitled "Enterprise Restructuring and Work Organisation". The first part deals with current trends, particularly evidence of measures that enhance flexibility, contingency and individualisation, and the repercussions on workers. The second highlights union responses to these changes and achievements.
"Enterprise Restructuring and Work Organisation", in English only, can be accessed on the IMF website under "Publications". For a printed copy, make requests by e-mail: [email protected] or fax: (41/22) 308-5055, with the necessary postal address.