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Unternehmensstrategien und Partizipation der Beschäftigten in einem Clusterbildungsprozess: die Entwicklung der Mikrosystemtechnik im Raum Dortmund als Fallbeispiel

Business strategies and participation of employees in a cluster formation process: development of microsystems engineering in the Dortmund area as a case example
[working paper]

Jonas, Michael
Berner, Marion

Corporate Editor
Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien

Abstract

'Clusterbildungsprozessen in hochtechnologischen Feldern werden von der Politik, den Arbeitgeber- und den Arbeitnehmervertretungen verstärkt Aufmerksamkeit entgegengebracht. Für die Gewerkschaften sind diese Prozesse von besonderem Interesse, weil die Entwicklung hochtechnologischer Felder wie der M... view more

'Clusterbildungsprozessen in hochtechnologischen Feldern werden von der Politik, den Arbeitgeber- und den Arbeitnehmervertretungen verstärkt Aufmerksamkeit entgegengebracht. Für die Gewerkschaften sind diese Prozesse von besonderem Interesse, weil die Entwicklung hochtechnologischer Felder wie der Mikrosystemtechnologie mit der Schaffung einer Vielzahl neuer Arbeitsplätze verbunden wird. Zum großen Teil werden diese Entwicklungsprozesse auf privatwirtschaftlicher Seite von kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen getragen, in denen zumeist keine formellen Organe der Arbeitnehmervertretung vorhanden sind. Unter anderem aus diesem Grund verwundert es nicht, dass über die Partizipationschancen der Beschäftigten, die Wichtigkeit von Personalentwicklung und Erfahrungswissen, die Unterschiedlichkeit von Unternehmensstrategien sowie über die Relevanz eines regionalen Wissens- und Technologietransfers sowohl in der Wissenschaft als auch bei den Gewerkschaften kaum Erkenntnisse vorliegen. In der vorliegenden Studie wird auf der Grundlage einer Reihe von Expertengesprächen diesen Aspekten beispielhaft an der Entwicklung der Mikrosystemtechnologie (vor allem) im Raum Dortmund nachgegangen.' (Autorenreferat)... view less


'European governments, associations of employers and trade unions have been paying attention to cluster building processes in high-technology fields for several years. In North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) regional and local governments spend a lot of money to foster the set up of a microsystem cluste... view more

'European governments, associations of employers and trade unions have been paying attention to cluster building processes in high-technology fields for several years. In North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) regional and local governments spend a lot of money to foster the set up of a microsystem cluster in the old industrial region of Dortmund. Here, approximately twenty small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) employed about 1.600 people in 2003. Basic questions to be answered are which role management strategies play, how important the knowledge and participation of employees is in this process and how relevant regional interactions between the academic and the private sector are. On the basis of an empirical investigation it is possible to answer these questions. A common aspect of all companies in the Dortmund region is the pressure to reorganise, which is based on a mix of continuous factors such as expansion processes, market changes and changes of organisational structure. Apart from these common aspects, central aspects of work processes and firm strategies differ substantially between three types of companies, the 'newcomer', the 'invention centre' and the 'all-round company'. The description of the three types allows a deeper insight into business strategies and the situation of employees. Although there are differences between these types, it seems to be clear that the employees' knowledge and their possibilities of direct and indirect participation are important factors - despite of the lack of elected work councils or other types of formal representation in most cases.' (author's abstract)|... view less

Keywords
knowledge transfer; human resources development; codetermination; Federal Republic of Germany; medium-sized firm; North Rhine-Westphalia; high technology; Ruhr District; small business; research and development; company policy; technology transfer; worker participation

Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Sociology of Economics
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations

Method
qualitative empirical; descriptive study; empirical

Document language
German

Publication Year
2004

City
Wien

Page/Pages
191 p.

Series
Reihe Soziologie / Institut für Höhere Studien, Abt. Soziologie, 66

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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