Whose company is it anyway
Series: Management Today ; July 2003, 62-65(4)Publication details: 2003Subject(s): Summary: Describes the recent instances of employee ownership at a range of companies including Aberdeen-based engineers Woollard and Henry and John Lewis Partnership. Explains how the issue of ownership of companies is often a controversial one with United Airlines recently filing for bankruptcy, spelling the end of what was described as 'an ill fated experiment in employee ownership'. However, argues that the case for such schemes now and in the future is still a strong one with difficult decisions such as redundancies often taken more effectively by employees than by the management. Briefly describes the types of democracy found in co-owned companies including driect and representative.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS66914 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 123242-1001 |
Describes the recent instances of employee ownership at a range of companies including Aberdeen-based engineers Woollard and Henry and John Lewis Partnership. Explains how the issue of ownership of companies is often a controversial one with United Airlines recently filing for bankruptcy, spelling the end of what was described as 'an ill fated experiment in employee ownership'. However, argues that the case for such schemes now and in the future is still a strong one with difficult decisions such as redundancies often taken more effectively by employees than by the management. Briefly describes the types of democracy found in co-owned companies including driect and representative.