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100 _aButcher, D.
245 _aWhose company is it anyway
260 _c2003
490 _aManagement Today
_vJuly 2003, 62-65(4)
520 _aDescribes 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.
590 _aABS
650 _aCO-OWNERSHIP
690 _aMANAGEMENT
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