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Business organisations depend on having one or more persons who can legitimately make strategic business decisions. But what are the legal entitlements of such key professionals? This is the first book – with contributions from experts across Europe – to take a broad comparative look at how the delimitation of rights and duties of executive and non-executive managers is done under different areas of EU law and across different jurisdictions (namely, EU and national law). Aspects of the executive role covered include the following: extensive treatment of definitions and methodologies to ascertain the status of managers as ‘workers’ in Europe; comprehensive interdisciplinary and compar...
An alternative theory of the firm is needed that helps better understand the nature and actual functioning of firms as well as the challenges raised by digital platform firms. In defining firms as economic collective ventures organised by political means, this book offers a “political economy” vision of firms. Specifically, the book provides an authority-based conception of the firm that supplies a theoretical grounding for democratic governance. It is argued that workers must be viewed as actors of the firm, not passive subjects of capital, given that authority is a non-coercive form of power. The book examines authority and subordination from the workers’ perspective and argues that ...
Discusses the participation of women in managerial positions with special reference to the professional and financial services sectors; obstacles to women's career development; strategies to promote women in management; and the role of governments and the social partners. Presents the texts of three resolutions adopted at the meeting.
Economic pressure, as well as transnational and domestic corporate policies, has placed labor law under severe stress. National responses are so deeply embedded in institutions reflecting local traditions that meaningful comparison is daunting. This bo
Substantially revised and updated, this is the third edition of a highly popular book which has been helping students for decades. It provides a sound base of linguistic competence upon which students can build with confidence. Comprises twelve thematic modules each including a relevant and contemporary text based on an aspect of French life and culture, associated exercises, and a section on grammar.
Qui a dit que le dialogue social était bloqué en France ? Tous les jours, dans des entreprises, même en temps de crise, dirigeants et syndicalistes discutent, négocient et trouvent des solutions nouvelles alliant performance globale de l'entreprise et prise en compte des attentes des salariés. Comment formaliser le dialogue social dans une PME en croissance ? Comment mettre en oeuvre l'accès des personnes handicapées à l'emploi ? Comment anticiper les besoins de formation des salariés pour sécuriser leurs parcours professionnels et développer l'entreprise ? Comment concilier droit des saisonniers et qualité du service touristique ? En neuf cas d'entreprises de tailles et de secteurs variés, cet ouvrage donne la preuve par l'exemple que le dialogue social est bénéfique pour les salariés comme pour la performance durable des entreprises. La parole y est donnée à des dirigeants et syndicalistes qui racontent sans fard les réalités de leur dialogue social.