EOpriv: Establishing labor management cooperation

[Dan Bell <dbell@kent.edu>]

Here is one more section. Again, your feedback and ideas
are welcome.


5.6     Establishing labor management cooperation

        Research shows that when employee ownership is combined with employee
involvement in decision making, productivity, profitability, and turnover
rates improve. Building a relationship of labor-management cooperation can
go a long way towards making the newly privatized enterprise competitive by
both improving quality and reducing costs.

        Experience with open book management and other labor-management
cooperation practices is widespread. The transfer of this experience to
locally-based technical assistance and training centers can help
employee-owned enterprises climb the learning curve much faster.

        Networks of enterprises which include companies that have had some 
success
with employee involvement can be very powerful. They allow managers to
witness first hand the impact of such programs and to discuss their
concerns with their peers.

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Dan Bell
International Program Coordinator
Ohio Employee Ownership Center
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242
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dbell@kent.edu
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