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| Tekijä: | Towers, B. |
| Otsikko: | Managing labour flexibility. |
| Lehti: | Industrial Relations Journal
1987 : SUMMER, VOL. 18:2, p. 79-83 |
| Asiasana: | WORK ORGANIZATION LABOUR SUPPLY FLEXIBILITY |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Within the flexible firm labour can be seen in three dimensions: flexibility of function or task /involving e.g. multiskilled craftsmen/; flexibility of time; flexibility of numbers / by the use of temporarily employed or sub-contracted workers/. National survey estimates of numerical flexibility in the UK, in 1985. Extent and significance of labour flexibility in key industries /shipbuilding, cars, chemicals and oil, engineering, coal/. Government's and trade unions' views on labour flexibility. Its implications for management and workers. Clear economic advantages for employers. Benefits for the workers: increased marketable skills, more responsibility, reduced working weeks, more interesting jobs. The problem of insecurity of job. |
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