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Partnership at work: a survey

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The use of teamwork at work is widespread and felt to be successful in obtaining increased employee commitment and bottom-line improvements. Most corporations use different employee relations approaches, sometimes partnership, sometimes power-sharing and rarely adversarial. Most uninionized companies have employee representation bodies, which tend to discuss the organization as a whole, while partnership mechanismis tend to be more focused and to deal with particular issues. A survey of 50 British busineeses confirmed these results.

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Management tools work

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A 1996 survey of management tools used in the UK indicates over 50% of the managers surveyed consider such tools to be successful. Horizontal organization restructuring, core competencies, customer satisfaction strategies, benchmarking, and self-directed teams are among the 25 tools evaluated. The success of these tools depends on their ability to address key issues such as competition, customer growth and satisfaction, organizational cohesion, and organizations' competencies and capabilities.

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The secret of our success: partnership with people

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A report by the British Department of Trade and Industry and the Department for Education and Employment claims that teamwork characterizes successful corporations and that focusing on the attitudes of all employees likewise increases a corporation's ability to meet customer needs. The report interviews employees at all levels and feels teams are flexible, that team members continuously improve themselves, and that corporate culture is also shared.

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