Catching the Wave: Workplace Reform in Australia (Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports)

Organizations around the world are struggling to cope with the challenges posed by changes in the marketplace, new production systems and new technologies. Based on detailed studies of Australian organizations (including Ford Plastics, Bendix Mintex, Colonial Mutual and Australia Post), this text shows how new organizational structures can offer competitive advantages. Mathews also uses case studies to argue that firms which make intelligent use of industrial relations strategies have the edge in this process.