A three part documentary examining industrial democracy in Australia: 1) Job redesign. Demonstrates how employees exercise decision-making, responsibility and initiative in their private lives and contracts with the usual workplace situation where most decisions are made by management. 2) Better managers. Shows a factory owned and operated by the workers providing a working example of successful worker participation and industrial democracy. 3) Is it a con? Examines unsuccessful industrial democracy initiatives where only the semblance of power has been transferred to the workers.
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016722
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employee motivation
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Economic conditions
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
Betamax; Access Print (Section 1)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan