Experimenting with Industrial Democracy: The Impact on Financial Control in the UK Post Office

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Centre for Research in Industrial Democracy and Participation, University of Glasgow, 1983 - Management - 28 pages
Research paper on an Experiment in workers participation in financial management involving parity representation of postal workers on management boards in the UK postal service, 1978 to 1979 - reviews employees attitudes and management attitudes; outlines institutional framework; identifies centralization of management control over budgeting, lack of training and management resistance as reasons for failure. References.

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INTRODUCTION
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THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THE FINANCIAL
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BUDGETFIXING AND PARTICIPATION
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