Discusses the reorganization of the shop-floor into team-based production units at two American mechanical engineering firms.

The extension of the Bamako informal sector project to the other cities is the occasion for the 1986 survey of 87 blacksmiths, leather workers, weavers, shoe makers, metal workers and carpenters in Tombouctou. They are organized in four trade associations supported by the ILO-executed technical...

ILO pub. Annotated bibliography on the implications of technological change for vocational training - covers its influence on tasks and work organization, skills and training programmes.

Briefly looks at the links between work organization, productivity and working conditions. Discusses the advantages which can be gained by using appropriate tools and techniques and improving working conditions and safety. Based on 24 case studies which cover a broad range of forestry activities.

Covers the period from the mid-1960s to 1990.

Reviews the main areas of trade union concern arising from the application of computing and information technology since the late 1970s.