Thesis (doctoral)--Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 1984. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-188).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Originally presented as the author's Thesis (M.B.A.)--Harvard School of Business Administration, 1921.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 383-408). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Universiẗat, Diss., 2006--Trier.

The promulgation into law of the concept of workplace forums has been beset with immense criticism and opposition from organized labour and some quarters of organized business. Last ditch efforts by the Ministerial Task Team had won the day for the inclusion of this controversial provision in the new Labour Relations Act.1 Commentators on the Act tend to agree that the fallout with organized labour at the negotiations has probably set the scene as to whether the provisions would be widely used or not. History has shown that the establishment of such forums in workplaces has been low. In some situations where workplace forums had been established, their continuous sustainability was put into doubt. This has led to the de-establishment of some of these forums in some workplaces. Various reasons were provided, but the prime factors for its failure could be traced back to the negotiations at NEDLAC. The unions opposed the original proposal by government that minority unions and even non-union employees can trigger the establishment of a workplace forum and insisted that this be restricted to majority unions. The voluntary nature regarding the establishment of a workplace forum and the trigger that only a majority union can invoke the provisions has still seen unions reluctant to utilize the provisions since it did not serve their purpose. The aims of the provisions, namely to increase workplace democracy, was therefore thwarted in favour of more informal procedures. Although the idea is a noble one, it is argued that the introduction of the provisions was ill-timed and inappropriate. The lesson that the legislature can take is that for any provision to be a success, buy-in from all stakeholders is paramount. Research has shown that there was a steady decline in the establishment of workplace forums. Since December 2004 there was not a single application received by the Commission for Conciliation, mediation and Arbitration. There is also doubt as to whether any of the Forums that were previously established are still functional. What is certain is that statutory workplace forums is not at the forefront as a vehicle for change that was envisaged in the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanied the new Labour Relations Act. What is also certain is that employers and employees are utilizing other forums to ensure workplace participation. These forums, however, only provide a voice to unionized workers. The vast majority of non-union workers remain voiceless. The proposed amendments in 2002 that intimated that the trigger be any union and not only majority unions failed to be passed into law. Perhaps it is that type of catalyst that is required to give life to the provisions. The future of workplace forums in South Africa is bleak and will continue to be if there is no intervention by the parties at NEDLAC to revive it. A complete revamp of the legislation would be required for such a revival. Some commentators have made meaningful suggestions on changes that can be made to the legislation to make workplace forums more attractive. Some have suggested it be scrapped altogether and future workplace participatory structures should be left to the parties to embrace voluntarily. Workplace forums are a novel innovation with great potential to encourage workplace democracy. There is nothing wrong with the concept. The application of such forums in the South African context is what is concerning. Perhaps prior experience and experimentation with similar type forums have tarnished workplace participation. The strategies by the previous regime and some employers have caused such participation to equate to co-option. Perhaps not enough spade work was done to ensure that the climate and attitude of the parties was conducive for its introduction. What is paramount no matter the form it takes is that workplace participation is crucial for economic growth and the introduction of new work methods to improve productivity. Without the establishment of such forums, whether voluntary or statutory, the ‘second channel principle’ that promotes non-adversarial workplace joint decision-making would be lost and conflict based participation could spiral leading to economic disaster.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo compreender o funcionamento de três associações comunitárias ligadas ao Movimento dos Sem Terra Leste I na construção de moradias populares em regime de mutirão e autogestão. O campo de forças que contribui para a configuração deste espaço coletivo passa pelo discurso do movimento, do qual as associações fazem parte, e sua estrutura interna, pelas formas como os técnicos do poder público vêem os mutirões e se relacionam com as associações, pelo funcionamento de outros movimentos, já que essas práticas também vão moldando a resposta estatal. Assim, buscamos compor o cenário em que se dão esses processos retomando o histórico dos movimentos sociais e dos programas de mutirões dentro da problemática estrutural da sociedade brasileira, os discursos que produziram e produzem estas práticas e os efeitos possíveis em sua dimensão micropolítica. O cotidiano de trabalho das famílias mutirantes, como se organizavam e discutiam as questões referentes à obra foram nossos principais interesses. Como resultado, apresentamos algumas discussões referentes à dinâmica das associações, à função das assembléias e das regras e o modo das tomadas de decisão tentando problematizar e apontar seus possíveis efeitos na produção de novas formas de organização. Como a pesquisa se deu intrinsecamente ligada ao trabalho como profissional, junto às associações de construção, o processo de pesquisa foi um transformar para conhecer e as descrições e problematizações que estão presentes nesta dissertação também são a sistematização do movimento constante de reflexão e atuação naquele processo de construção. / This work has the objective of understanding the functioning of three community associations linked to the Movimento dos Sem Terra Leste I [East I Landelss Moviment] in the construction of cooperative housing under the regime of self-building cooperative. The field of forces that contributes to the configuration of this collective space occurs upon the movements discourse of which the associations take part and their internal structure, upon the way in which public technicians see the self-building cooperatives and their relationship with the associations, and upon the functioning of other movements, once these practices also shape governmental response. Therefore, we intend to compose the scenario in which these processes occur, revisiting the history of social movements and self-building cooperative programs within the Brazilian cultural structure, as well as the discourses which those practices produced and continue to produce, and their possible effects in their micro-politics dimension. The daily works of cooperative families, the way they organized themselves and discussed the issues regarding the building process were our main interest. As a result we present some discussion over the dynamics of community associations, the functioning of community meetings and their rules, and decision making process, whilst questioning and pointing out their possible effects on the production of new forms of organization. Since the research had been undertaken while within the professional work among self-building cooperatives, the process of researching was a transforming-to-knowing experience. The description and questioning presented in this thesis are also a systematization of the constant movement of reflection and acting upon the process of building.

Habilitationsschrift - Göttingen, 1962. / Bibliography: p. 347-353.

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-217).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universiẗat Köln, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-342).