Tuesday, March 31, 2009
[IWS] Dublin Foundation: INTERNAL FLEXIBILITY POLICIES IN COMPANIES: GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE [30 March 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Good practice guide to internal flexibility policies in companies [30 March 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0919.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/19/en/1/EF0919EN.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
Author:
Goudswaard, Anneke; Oeij, Peter; Brugman, Tony; de Jong, Tanja
Summary: This report sets out to contribute to the present debate on the need for European companies and their workers to become more flexible and adaptable in the face of ongoing economic change and business restructuring. The guide should therefore provide useful and practical tips for company-level actors concerning the potential benefits of developing more flexible internal workplace policies. Equally, it has been developed to assist practitioners and social partners wishing to review and/or learn more about developing such initiatives.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1 Internal flexibility: concepts and policy development
Flexibility in the context of the European flexicurity debate
Concept of flexibility at company level
Organisational flexibility: creating adaptable workplaces
Working time flexibility: balancing interests
Developing flexibility policies at company level
Achieving flexibility through change management
Part 2 Internal flexibility: company policies and practices
Teleworking and flexible workplaces at Dexia Bank Belgium
Shaping a flexible mindset at GKN AutoStructures
Worklife balance through flexibility at MRW
Negotiated flexibility at Palfinger
Flexibility as a result of restructuring at Saab Microwave Systems
Case study analysis
Bibliography
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Good practice guide to internal flexibility policies in companies [30 March 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0919.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/19/en/1/EF0919EN.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
Author:
Goudswaard, Anneke; Oeij, Peter; Brugman, Tony; de Jong, Tanja
Summary: This report sets out to contribute to the present debate on the need for European companies and their workers to become more flexible and adaptable in the face of ongoing economic change and business restructuring. The guide should therefore provide useful and practical tips for company-level actors concerning the potential benefits of developing more flexible internal workplace policies. Equally, it has been developed to assist practitioners and social partners wishing to review and/or learn more about developing such initiatives.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1 Internal flexibility: concepts and policy development
Flexibility in the context of the European flexicurity debate
Concept of flexibility at company level
Organisational flexibility: creating adaptable workplaces
Working time flexibility: balancing interests
Developing flexibility policies at company level
Achieving flexibility through change management
Part 2 Internal flexibility: company policies and practices
Teleworking and flexible workplaces at Dexia Bank Belgium
Shaping a flexible mindset at GKN AutoStructures
Worklife balance through flexibility at MRW
Negotiated flexibility at Palfinger
Flexibility as a result of restructuring at Saab Microwave Systems
Case study analysis
Bibliography
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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