scholarly journals Private Sector Unions and Strategic Planning: A Research Agenda

2005 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Stratton ◽  
Yonatan Reshef
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
North American ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Resource Analysis ◽  
American Trade

Private sector North American trade unions have declined in recent years. This paper argues that to prevent further erosion, unions should engage in strategic planning. Further, it highlights the importance of resource analysis to predict a union's likelihood to strategically plan, and presents relevant research hypotheses.

Trade union cooperation in the NAFTA area

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona-Josée Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
North American ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Power Relationship ◽  
Trade Union Movement ◽  
The North ◽  
American Trade

When the plans for a free trade agreement were first discussed, the North American trade unions were unanimous in their opposition to the idea. However, because of the fragmented nature of their action, they were unable to bring any influence to bear on either government action or public opinion. Yet now that trade in North America is becoming liberalised, it is evident that the outcome for trade unions is not as negative as might have been thought: the trade unions are playing an increasingly important role in the development of discussions on free trade, while their organisations have succeeded in reaching closer agreement with each other on these questions and bridges have been built between the unions and numerous forms of pressure group. The discussions on free trade have shaken up and transformed north-south trade union relations. The one-way cooperation between those who give and those who receive is a thing of the past. The trade union movements of north and south have discovered that their interests may lie together, that their needs can be reciprocal and that it is possible, therefore, for them to develop more egalitarian forms of relationship. This article presents, first of all, a review of trade unionism in North America, followed by a summary of the free trade agreements and a description of their application and of anticipated developments. It will then look at how trade union positions have evolved, moving on to an analysis of the power relationship in which the North American trade union movement, and that of the Americas as a whole, has a part to play.

scholarly journals Restructuring of Finnish Trade Unions – the Growing Importance of Women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapio Bergholm ◽  
Markku Sippola
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Social Custom ◽  
Male Occupations ◽  
Instrumental Reasons

The membership profile of Finnish trade unions has changed from male-dominated industrial workers to female-dominated service and public sector workers who are more highly educated. The Finnish labour market is strongly divided into female and male occupations and sectors, and these intersectional differences play an important part in the differentiation of developmental paths. The erosion of membership is mainly due to the rapid growth of the independent unemployment fund (YTK) competing with unemployment funds associated with trade unions. YTK has been much more successful in recruiting private sector male workers than women. Men’s decisions not to join the union are related to the shift in the motivation to unionise from social custom to instrumental reasons. Along with the gender majority shift, union identification has changed, and unions need to carry out ‘identity work’ to attain members. The shift in gender proportions has also had consequences for the collective bargaining system.

Using Strategic Planning to Improve Performance Management and Its Impact on Organizational Success

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ali Mohassesi ◽  
Rozita Shahbaz Keshvari
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Management Performance ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Function ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This research investigated the use of the strategic planning process in improving the management performance of private sector in Iran. Measuring performance is a necessary management practice if action is to result in desired outcomes. An important objective of the Iranian private sector was to focus the attention of private servants on clear specified results rather than bureaucratic procedures. The development of performance management to date appears inadequate in that the most important component of results – outcomes is overlooked from the measurement. Primary data were collected through structured questionnaire with 100 respondents from 20 randomly selected private sectors in different environment. The findings showed the necessity of implementation of strategic planning in private sector concerning the use of appropriate performance management tools and strengthening the implementation of strategic planning functions in order to improve management performance. These findings suggest that specific management function-focused process should be designed and implemented.

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