The pirposes of this study is to explore the implications of teamwork for trade unions by analysing the unions' responses to the new managerial strategy supporting the concept of teamwork in the British and the Italian system of industrial relations.

New Zealand’s special funding system allows state schools a greater level of independence in managing their property compared to most other countries. Schools receive a fixed budget as an entitlement from the three “pots” of the educational property funding structure. The government’s...