The Honda workers’ strike in 2010 attracted world wide attention. It was one of thousands of labor disputes that happen every year in China, but it was the first major calling for the right of workers to represent themselves in collective bargaining. The question of representation is therefore...

Wovon handelt dieses Buch? Vordergruendig von einer Managementtechnik, von Outsourcing oder genauer: von einer verschaerften Form des Outsourcing, naemlich beginnend unter Transformationsbedingungen und in der mit erheblichem ‚organizational slack‘ behafteten ostdeutschen Bergbau- und...

This book deals with a dialogic organizational development process carried out with managers and employees in the Research & Development Department of Bang & Olufsen, Denmark. This action research project did not start with ready-made concepts to be implemented. They were developed during the...

Regional factors are important for the economy and employment in highly competitive, international markets. As a precondition for the functioning of regional labour markets, adequate information has to be generated and transformed into new knowledge – for all actors involved. Regional Labour...

Interim-Management is a novel and highly relevant topic within human resource management. Academic analysis so far has been focused on working time and contract flexibility for non-managerial employees. Not surprisingly, academic knowledge, in particular theories and empirical findings on...

While occupational transitions increase, employees experience insecurity with regard to their individual employment situation to a much larger degree than in the past. The formal guarantee of a workplace exists no longer, or else only to a lesser degree. Society will have to respond to these...

The selection and evaluation of consultants, consultancies, and consulting services belong to probably the most critical issues in management consulting research. However, the research in these areas is still sparse and does not yet reflect their importance in an adequate manner. Additionally,...

Trotz Internationalisierung und Globalisierung hat die Bedeutung der Regionen fuer die Wettbewerbsfaehigkeit von Unternehmen und Arbeitskraeften zugenommen. Um die wesentlichen Wettbewerbsfaktoren „funktionsfaehiger regionaler Arbeitsmarkt“ und „effektive regionale Arbeitsmarktpolitik“...