ILO pub-wep pub. WEP conference paper on the role of industrial policy in employment and competitiveness adjustments to changing trade relations in France - considers adjustment of industrial structure, and studies policy measures for sectoral assistance, with particular reference to motor...

Discusses the adequacy of contemporary HRM practices in light of the changes brought about by globalization and a hyper-competitive global market. Briefly traces the historical development of personnel management and HRM, considers the forces driving change and then look at contemporary...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on computer aided manufacturing, management information systems and specific industry restructuring in Belgium - based on case studies of the introduction of information technology and microelectronics innovations in the iron and steel industry and the textile...

Examines the implications of global sourcing practices on the competitiveness of small firms, particularly those operating in clusters.

Dresse un panorama du secteur et de ses mutations en Europe depuis une trentaine d'années. Aborde les changements nécessaires au niveau de la qualification des travailleurs, de l'innovation technologique, de la gestion des ressources humaines, des relations et de l'organisation du travail et...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the effects of petroleum price increases on employment and income distribution in the Sudan - gives economic forecasts up to 1990; examines gross domestic product, economic conditions, indigenous energy sources, power consumption, world price changes, balance of...

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on structural change in the UK, regarding technological change in private sector manufacturing - gives examples from the cotton industry, the domestic electronics industry and the motor vehicle industry; considers economic growth, productivity, competitiveness,...