Paula Thiede war die erste Frau, die die Leitung einer Gewerkschaft übernahm. Möglich wurde dies durch die Handlungsmacht der gut organisierten Hilfsarbeiterinnen im Druckgewerbe. Gemeinsam mit solidarischen Kollegen entwickelten sie Strategien, um die Anliegen von Gleichberechtigung und...

Effectiveness in the use of the work force is often the crucial advantage in a company's long-term success over its competitors, especially in technology driven and highly competitive branches as the one considered in this article. While employee scheduling and rostering has been the topic of...

This study is framed against the increasingly stringent environmental demands on the pulp and paper industry since the late-1980s to reduce water and air pollution, and the global economic slowdown of the early-1990s. The primary focus of this paper is an observation-based analysis conducted by...