MANCHESTER INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SOCIETY

RESEARCH WORKSHOPS PROGRAMME 1981

Thursday 5 February 1981 5.30pm

Industrial Democracy: The Role of the Shop Steward. Some Evidence from Case Studies. Roger Armstrong, Preston Polytechnic

Thursday 5 March 1981, 5.30pm

Employment Opportunities for Racial & Ethnic Minorities

Derek Torrington, David Knight, UMIST

Thursday 2 April 1981, 5.30pm

The Social Organisation of the Steel Strike in South Yorkshire

Jean Hartley, MRC/SSRC Social Applied Psychology Unit, Sheffield University

Thursday 7 May 1981, 5.30pm

Approaches to Employee Participation in Manufacturing

Professor John Goodman, Dave Gotting, Martin Dowling, Jeff Hyman, UMIST

All meetings take place at The Manchester Business School. Booth St West, Manchester

RESEARCH WORKSHOPS PROGRAMME 1982

Thursday 4 February 1982 5.30pm

Is an Increase in Alienation Inevitable Amongst the Working Class?

Colin Barnett, NUPE/TUC

Thursday 4 March 1982, 5.30pm

Worker Participation as Action Learning

Professor Reginald Revans, Ulster Polytechnic

Thursday 1 April 1982, 5.30pm

A Statistical Analysis of Strike Duration

Jonathan Winterton & Martin Newby, University of Bradford

Thursday 6 May 1982, 5.30pm

Employee Participation & the Management of Pension Funds

Jeff Hyman, University of Glasgow

All meetings take place at The Manchester Business School. Booth St West, Manchester