I. Country Information

Country Overview
18-slide package (44.0 kb; MS Word 6.0)

  England                                                               

• Ideology
• General
• Labor Legislation
• New Labor's Third Way

  Sweden

• Sweden
• Timeline
• Swedish Model
• Labor Legislation During the 1970s

  Germany

• Germany | Stinnes-Legien Agreement
• Operational Change | Reconciliation of Interests | Social Plan
• Some consequences of codetermination
• Schroeder's New Center

  France

• The Evolution of IR/HRM
• The Matignon Agreement
• Weak Unions | Representativeness
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  Japan

• Japan
• Decision Making in Japanese Organizations
• Typical Corporate Organization Chart
• Reporting Channels for QC Circles
• Unions in Japan

II. Internet Resources

COUNTRIES

• England: Trades Union Congress | Government  | Employment Relations Act, '99
• Sweden: The Swedish Institute - Fact Sheets
• Germany: Site 1  | Site 2
• France: Site 1
• Japan: Japan External Trade Organization | General Information | 
  The Japan Institute of Labor | Statistics Bureau

GENERAL

• EIROnline, an excellent European current-events site (The site includes Japan and the USA)
• EMIRE -- an excellent glossary
• Executive Planet -- Useful information on business culture
• Library of Congress Country Studies
• CIA -- The World Factbook
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• ILO Database
• Union Density: 1985-95
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Foreign Labor Statistics
• Recent Labor Trends