Working on the quality of working life Developments in Europe
In November 1975, the German Marshall Fund of the United States agreed to support a proposal from the International Council for the Quality of Working Life for study of 'cross-cultural com munication' on developments associated with the quality of work
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International series on the quality of working life
Vol. 8 Editor - in - Chief
Hans van Beinum, Foundation for Business Administration, Delft-Rotterdam Editorial Panel
Fred Emery, Australian National University, Canberra Nitish R. De, National Labour Institute, New Delhi Mauk Mulder, Foundation for Business Administration, Delft-Rotterdam Einar Thorsrud, Work Research Institutes, Oslo Eric Trist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Dick Walton, Harvard University, Boston Tommy Wilson, London Graduate School of Business Studies, London
The Quality of Working Life series has been established in collaboration with the International Council for the Quality of Working Life.
Working on the quality of working life Developments in Europe International Council for the Quality of Working Ufe
GMartinus GJVijhoff Publishing Boston/The Hague/London
The production of the report was financed by the German Marshall Fund, Washington, D.C.lts conception and design, with selection of papers on defmed criteria and editing of the manuscript, was undertaken by a group of four 'correspondents': Andreas Alioth, Switzerland Max Elden, Norway Oscar Ortsman, France Rene van der Vlist, Holland They were later joined by two others, Jenny Blake, United Kingdom, and Margaret Butteriss, United Kingdom. The introductory section and the fmal section outlining some experiences and tentative plans of the editorial group, are by Max Elden.
Copyright © 1979 by the International Council for the Quality of Working Life. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1979 All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data International Council for the Quality of Working Life. Working on the quality of working life. (International series on the quality of working life; v. 8) 1. Labor and laboring classes-European Economic Community countries-Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Industrial organization-European Economic Community countriesAddresses, essays, lectures. 3. Employees' representation in management-European Economic Community countries-Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Alioth, Andreas. II. Wilson, Tommy. III. Title. IV. Title: Quality of working life. V. Series. HD8380.S.I54 1979 301.44'42'094 79-144 ISBN-13 :978-94-009-9232-0 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-9230-6 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-9230-6
Contents
Preface . . .
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Einar Thorsrud
Section One: Introduction
1. Project goals and approach: increasing actionable Q.W.L. knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Max Elden Section Two: Quality of working life improvements in Europe: National programmes and perspectives
2. The action programme of the German federal government: Research on the humanization of working life. . . . . .
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Werner Menden 3. Q.W.L. developments in Holland: an
