Economic Training

Economical Data as a Strategic Instrument of the EWC
Target group: European Works Councils
Duration: 1 - 3 days

This training course is on offer in cooperation with the Info-Institut, Saarbrücken.

Background:	Workplace representatives are confronted with new management concepts on a European scale: shareholder value, value oriented management, processes of change. In order to participate in such changes and to manage different interests of employees, the EWC has to know the company strategy of the day and the logic behind the concepts. The general conditions for workplace representatives are quite different in the individual countries, hence the EWC has first to clarify the following questions: What economical data at all is accessible to the national representation? Are the relevant figures accessible at the right company level? Are decisions made by national management or by product resp. division managers within the     group?
Targets:	The participants receive important background information allowing them to develop a self-image of the EWC and perspectives of action in the following fields: Support to the national representation Development of a joint EWC position Coordination of transnational issues Representation of employees’ interests towards central management Development of employment-oriented alternatives During this training it is possible to set principles in order to develop an EWC information system and to find arrangements within in the EWC on how far concessions could go toward central management.
Topics:	Economical data and their importance to the representation Different cultures in using economical data (e. g. German codetermination, latin consultation model,     Anglo-Saxon habits) Sources for and access to economical data Working with master data sheets and performance measurement systems Conclusions for the work of the European Works Council
Methods:	Lectures case studies workgroups
Trainers:	Members of the "euro-workscouncil" Training and Consulting Net and of the Info-Institut, Saarbrücken

Further topics for in-company trainings:

	Workplace representation in the EU
	Communication and cooperation in the EWC
	Bi-national workshops
	Health and safety
	Language training