Transforming Labor-Relations in European Manufacturing

Summary of the Lecture and Discussion of the 2005 Annual Jerome A. Chazen Lecture given by Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard

With teh aim of creating a two-sided discussion for students as a dynamic learning experience, Dr. Bernhard's lecture educated students, faculty, and others in the audience not only on the management crises faced by organizations with codetermination agreements, but also on the comparative history of labor relations in the US and Europe. To engage the audience, he concluded with a challenge: "How would you work through teh power struggle of corporate governance at a large company?"