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Employee Referral Programs
written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2014, originally published 2014), 40 page(s)
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written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2014, originally published 2014), 40 page(s)
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Society for Human Resource Management
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Society for Human Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Communication, Labor force, Employment opportunities, Organizational effectiveness, Human resource management, Management of Companies and Enterprises, Recruitment
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Five Factories: Worker Control in Venezuela
directed by Oliver Ressler, 1970- and Dario Azzellini, 1967-; produced by Oliver Ressler, 1970- and Dario Azzellini, 1967- (California Newsreel, 2006), 1 hour 21 mins
5 Factories provides a penetrating look at the Bolivarian socio-economic project designed to challenge the dominant neo-liberal development model. Since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998, the Venezuelan government has implemented reforms to transform the nation into what Chávez and his supporters refer to as a...
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directed by Oliver Ressler, 1970- and Dario Azzellini, 1967-; produced by Oliver Ressler, 1970- and Dario Azzellini, 1967- (California Newsreel, 2006), 1 hour 21 mins
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5 Factories provides a penetrating look at the Bolivarian socio-economic project designed to challenge the dominant neo-liberal development model. Since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998, the Venezuelan government has implemented reforms to transform the nation into what Chávez and his supporters refer to as a form of democratic socialism. As a component of this economic transformation, the government has supported co-ownership initiatives in...
5 Factories provides a penetrating look at the Bolivarian socio-economic project designed to challenge the dominant neo-liberal development model. Since the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998, the Venezuelan government has implemented reforms to transform the nation into what Chávez and his supporters refer to as a form of democratic socialism. As a component of this economic transformation, the government has supported co-ownership initiatives in which workers’ councils play a key role in company management. 5 Factories provides a unique perspective on the Bolivarian experiment, examining the successes and challenges of five companies rejecting traditional ideas of industrial management. 5 Factories takes the viewer inside factories producing aluminum, paper, cocoa, tomato sauce, and cotton. These factories, many of which had been driven into bankruptcy by their former owners, have been transformed into cooperative partnerships between the workers and the state in co-management arrangements. In many cases, the Chávez government nationalized the companies and provided the workers with loans to purchase them in this co-managent arrangement with the government. According to these agreements, the state will increasingly rescind control as the debt is repaid. State officials explain that, while the state is involved in the process, the goal is not to create a Soviet-style system, where the state owns the means of production. Such a system, it is pointed out, is not socialism at all, but rather state-capitalism, an altogether different project from that being created in Venezuela.Internally, the companies’ decision-making structures are characterized by a lack of hierarchy. Teams of managers are elected by the workers and, in all cases, the work is organized from the bottom-up rather than top-down by management. In one example, the Alcasa aluminum factory workers develop budgets and elect managers and departmental delegates who work together on production issues. We hear from numerous officials and regular workers who stress the importance of including workers and the rest of society in the current process of social transformation. An important component involves integrating the different economic sectors so that they work cooperatively, maximizing benefits to society. Officials point out how, in the past, the agricultural sector was oriented towards the more profitable export markets. The new paradigm, however, links the country’s agricultural and productive sectors to create higher value-added products for local consumption. One official discusses how the success of such a revolutionary project requires completely re-conceptualizing workers’ roles and their relationship to their work and to society. Workers echo the goal of designing companies to serve the community, pointing out how they have created company dining halls and health clinics that are open to the poor children of the community. Officials concede, however, that many challenges lie ahead for the Bolivarian experiment. Carlos Lanz, director of the state-owned Alcasa factory, explains that perhaps the largest challenge is determining how to move towards democratic socialism within a capitalist framework. Noting that the capitalist structure rests on individual gain, a worker explains how the new system must be based on the belief that production should serve the needs of all members of society. 5 Factories serves as a valuable instructional tool for generating discussions on the viability of alternatives to the current neo-liberal orthodoxy, as well as the political and economic trends sweeping through Latin America.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Oliver Ressler, 1970-, Dario Azzellini, 1967-
Author / Creator
Oliver Ressler, 1970-, Dario Azzellini, 1967-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
California Newsreel
Person Discussed
Hugo Chavez, 1954-2013
Topic / Theme
Factory workers, Economic development, Labor force, Worker cooperatives, Laws and legislation, Argentines, Venezuelans
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Copyright © 2006 California Newsreel
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LINE April 2005
written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2014, originally published 2014), 12 page(s)
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written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2014, originally published 2014), 12 page(s)
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Society for Human Resource Management
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Society for Human Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Human resource management, Labor force, Employment, Economic indicators, Manufacturing industry, Management of Companies and Enterprises, Workforce Planning
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LINE April 2006
written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2006, originally published 2006), 6 page(s)
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written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2006, originally published 2006), 6 page(s)
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Society for Human Resource Management
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Society for Human Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Human resource management, Employment, Economic indicators, Service industries, Manufacturing industry, Wages and salaries, Management of Companies and Enterprises, Workforce Planning
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Copyright © 2006 by Society for Human Resource Management, all rights reserved.
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LINE April 2007
written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2014, originally published 2014), 4 page(s)
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written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2014, originally published 2014), 4 page(s)
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Society for Human Resource Management
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Society for Human Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Service industries, Manufacturing industry, Human resource management, Labor force, Employment, Economic indicators, Management of Companies and Enterprises, Workforce Planning
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LINE April 2008
written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2009, originally published 2009), 4 page(s)
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written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2009, originally published 2009), 4 page(s)
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Society for Human Resource Management
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Society for Human Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Service industries, Manufacturing industry, Economic indicators, Employment, Labor force, Human resource management, Management of Companies and Enterprises, Workforce Planning
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LINE April 2010
written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2010, originally published 2010), 4 page(s)
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written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2010, originally published 2010), 4 page(s)
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Society for Human Resource Management
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Society for Human Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Human resource management, Labor force, Employment, Economic indicators, Service industries, Manufacturing industry, Management of Companies and Enterprises, Workforce Planning
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LINE April 2011
written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2011, originally published 2011), 4 page(s)
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written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2011, originally published 2011), 4 page(s)
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Society for Human Resource Management
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Society for Human Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Human resource management, Labor force, Employment, Economic indicators, Service industries, Manufacturing industry, Management of Companies and Enterprises, Workforce Planning
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LINE April 2012
written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2012, originally published 2012), 4 page(s)
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written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2012, originally published 2012), 4 page(s)
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Society for Human Resource Management
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Society for Human Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Manufacturing industry, Service industries, Economic indicators, Employment, Labor force, Human resource management, Management of Companies and Enterprises, Workforce Planning
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LINE April 2013
written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2013, originally published 2013), 4 page(s)
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written by Society for Human Resource Management (Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management, 2013, originally published 2013), 4 page(s)
Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Society for Human Resource Management
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Society for Human Resource Management
Topic / Theme
Manufacturing industry, Service industries, Economic indicators, Employment, Labor force, Human resource management, Management of Companies and Enterprises, Workforce Planning
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