The first part of the study compares the institutional settings of employee representation and collective bargaining in France and Germany. One important difference is that in France, many aspects of collective agreements are defined by labour law, whereas in Germany, collective bargaining...

Introduction: The French “Exception” -- The “Reform of Work ”and the Evolution of Participative Management in France -- A Decade of Technological Moderization: Negotiation and Organizational Change During the 1980s -- Toward Quality and Process Redesign: The ‘Lean’ Revolution in...

In the context of industries the programmes of workers' participation in management has been introduced in different countries. It is observed that much hopes have been pinned on the various form of workers' participation .But unfortunately some methods, forms and machinaries have not laid...