| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Social analysis |
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Social analysis.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The development of the Soviet model and its transfer to Bulgaria -- 3. Strategy formulation in Bulgaria, 1978-1988 -- 4. Case studies and fieldwork in Bulgarian enterprises : research methodology -- 5. Redesigning structures to establish the labour collective -- 6. Counterplanning and worker proposals : designed pressure from below -- 7. Distribution : wage funds, wage interests and pressures from below -- 8. Agreements and the engagement of interests -- 9. Elections : interests, representation and conflicts -- 10. The labour collective, the labour community and self-management : the emergence of organic mechanisms -- 11. Organisational design, the labour process and labour relations -- 12. Alternative models of enterprise management : a historical and comparative analysis -- 13. Conclusions |
| Summary |
Changes in labour relations in Eastern Europe arising from recent political events can only be understood against an explanation of the existing structures and mechanisms of labour relations. This full-length collaborative study - the first in its field - analyses these structures and mechanisms by focusing on the radical reforms undertaken in Bulgaria over the last decade. Using a wealth of case studies, it looks at the action processes within enterprises and at the processes of strategy formulation on a national level in Bulgaria, and compares them with those processses in other Eastern Euro |
| Analysis |
Industrial relations |
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Eastern Europe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Industrial relations -- Bulgaria
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Organizational change -- Bulgaria
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Industrial relations -- Europe, Eastern
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Organizational change -- Europe, Eastern
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Industrial relations
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Organizational change
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Bulgaria
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Eastern Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thirkell, John E. M
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| LC no. |
90028557 |
| ISBN |
0203978854 |
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9780203978856 |
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9780415001595 |
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0415001595 |
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