Training and the organization of work

Eurofound — European Foundation For The Improvement Of Living And Working Conditions

Description

Vocational training
Working conditions

Sujets

• Vocational education
• Workers' control
• Occupational safety and health
• European Communities
• Continuing education
• Employers' organization
• Government

Informations

• Publié par: EUROFOUND-EUROPEAN-FOUNDATION-FOR-THE-IMPROVEMENT-OF-LIVING-AND-WORKING-CONDITIO
• Nombre de lectures: 29
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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training
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organisation of work
E F / 8 0 / 2 0 / E M PREFACE
One of the main themes of the European Foundation's four-year programme
I977—8O has been the relationship between the organisation of work and the
improvement of working conditions. As a first step nine national surveys
were commissioned in 1977 in order to establish a general picture of the
current developments in new forms of work organisation in the member
States of the Community. In drawing up the 1978 work programme, it was
decided to investigate more specific aspects of work organisation. Existing
evidence pointed clearly to the importance of training as a factor which
could help in ensuring the successful implementation of work organisation
improvement s.
These reports are the result of a study commissioned by the-European
Foundation to examine and define the potential role of training in the
implementation and development of new forms of work organisation. The
research is based on an analysis of fifteen case studies from six of the
member States, these being chosen on the basis that they illustrated the
role training can play in the introduction of new forms of work organisa­
tion rather than because they were typical or representative of specific
national situations. The aim of the analysis is to show what training can
offer in the development of work organisation, to examine and define the
complex interrelationships between training and work organisation and to
define ways in which the development and diffusion of new forms of work
organisation can be assisted by training, with particular emphasis on
participative developments at shop-floor level.
The work was carried out in two stages
(1) The results of the study have been compiled in seven reports:
- six reports covering the fifteen case studies in detail;
- a summary report analysing and defining the case studies
and drawing conclusions from this analysis. - 2 -
The project was undertaken by a group of experts under the co-ordination of
the European Institute for Plant and Process Designers in Strasbourg.
(2) All these reports were then evaluated by the representatives of the
governments, employers and trade union organisations of the
European Community, each of these three groups comparing the results
of the study with their respective experience. Each group gave its
opinion in the form of a written evaluation report.
This method reflects the Foundation's interest in promoting a type of
approach which combines the researchers' study of the problem with the
practical experience of people active in the field of working conditions.
This procedure is reflected in the presentation of the results of this study
for dissemination in the following volume:
- the evaluation reports drafted by the representatives of the
trade unions, employers and governments following the working
group meetings at a seminar held in Dublin on 31st May and.
1st June; 1979·
- the seven reports drafted by the experts.
The European Foundation wishes to stress that the analysis and opinions
contained in the study reports are the sole responsibility of the researchers
who compiled them. EVALUATIO N REPORTS