Author: | Marginson, P. |
Title: | What do corporate offices really do? (!Corporate head office) |
Journal: | British Journal of Industrial Relations
1988 : VOL. 26:2, p. 229-245 |
Index terms: | ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE MANAGERIAL ACTIVITIES INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Review of the findings from a survey of private sector enterprises to provide an overall account of industrial relations activities of the corporate offices of large UK firms. The corporate office: strategic decision-making, co-ordination and control; data: the company survey; the importance of industrial relations; pay and industrial disputes; monitoring and audit activity; direct involvement or remote control. Three Tables illustrate the study. |
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