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All benchmarkers now? Benchmarking and the ‘Europeanisation’ of industrial relations
Author(s) -
Sisson Keith,
Arrowsmith James,
Marginson Paul
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00256
Subject(s) - benchmarking , europeanisation , industrial relations , collective bargaining , business , european community , ordination , industrial organization , process management , economic system , computer science , economics , market economy , management , marketing , european union , economic policy , international trade , machine learning
Rather than legal enactment and collective bargaining being the main engines of the ‘Europeanisation’ of industrial relations, benchmarking and ‘soft’ forms of regulation are increasingly to the fore. This article traces the origins of benchmarking from management tool to regulatory instrument, in particular analysing its functioning at the levels of the Euro–company, Euro–sector and the Community itself. Without better processes, better data and better implementation, the paper concludes, benchmarking is likely to prove no more effective a means of co–ordination than the traditional Community method.