Planning and Productivity in Sweden (1976) examines the success of Sweden’s economy and working arrangements, detailing how a resource-poor nation came to achieve such high living standards. The growth in prosperity was no accident, but involved conscious acts of policy by management, by unions, and occasionally by government.
Part 1. Sweden’s Economic Success 1. The Swedish Economic Background 2. Planning the Economy: The Role of the Labour Market Board 3. Modernisation Through Investment and Changing Patterns of Employment Part 2. Industrial Relations in Sweden 4. Trade Unionism in Sweden 5. Collaboration Between Unions and Employers’ Organisations in Sweden 6. Legislation, the Employers and the Unions Part 3. The Growth of Industrial Democracy 7. New Problems, New Solutions 8. Working Groups and Premium Payment Schemes 9. Worker Directors Part 4. Finance and Controls 10. Control of the Economy 11. The Investment Scene 12. The Way Ahead
Biography
H.G. Jones
