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Chapter 3: The future of work in Europe: job quality and work organisation for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
Work organisation varies across Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Ireland, the contrast, Lean organisations are least
Member States. Chart 24 shows that United Kingdom and the Czech Republic common in the Netherlands and Greece.
in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden show a very low share of workers in this Tayloristic organisations account for at
and Malta, half or more of the work- type of organisation. More than a third least 30 % of employees in Hungary and
ers in private companies with 10 or of workers work in Lean organisations Greece, and less than 10 % of workers
in F
more employees are employed in inland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, in Denmark, Finland and Malta. Simple
Learning organisations. In contrast, Estonia, Romania, Malta and Austria. In organisations are most common in
Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus, where they
Chart 22: Differences in work organisation across sectors involve more than a quarter of work-
ers, and are least common in Sweden,
Learning Lean Tayloristic Simple Estonia, Austria and Hungary.
J Financial intermediation
E Electricity, gas, and water supply 5.2. The interaction
G Wholesale and retail trade; between work
repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles organisation and job
EU-28* quality: the importance
F Construction of Learning and Lean
I Transport, storage and communication Organisations
C-D Mining, quarrying, Manufacturing This subsection describes the inter-
H Hotels and restaurants action between job quality and work
organisation as two important drivers
0 20 40 60 80 100
% of productivity growth (see Table 2).
Source: Eurofound estimates based on EWCS 2010 data.
Learning and Lean organisations
are associated with relatively high
86
Chart 23: Differences in work organisation across occupations job security ( ) compared to Tayloris-
tic organisations, which show the low-
Learning Lean Tayloristic Simple est levels of job security both in terms
isco2 - Professionals of higher chances of losing the current
isco3 - Technicians job and in terms of higher anticipated
and associate professionals
isco1 - Legislators, difficulties in finding another similar
senior officials and managers
isco4 - Clerks job. Learning organisations are asso-
ciated with a higher level of employ-
EU-28* ability compared to Lean organisations,
isco7 - Craft and related trades workers probably due to the fact that training
isco5 - Service workers and shop
and market sales workers is less firm-specific and more general.
isco8 - Plant and machine operators The number of employees in Learn-
and assemblers
isco9 - Elementary occupations ing and Lean organisations with good
0 20 40 60 80 100 career prospects is almost two times
% larger than those in Tayloristic and
Source: Eurofound estimates based on EWCS. Simple organisations.
Chart 24: Differences in work organisation across Member States
Learning Lean Tayloristic Simple
100
90
80
70
60
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
NL DK MT SE LV BE SI EE DE AT FI LU IT PL EU-28 PT LT FR HU CY ES HR SK CZ UK EL IE RO BG
Source: Eurofound estimates based on EWCS 2010 data.
86
( ) Longest seniority is also reported in Learning
organisations.
159
Work organisation varies across Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Ireland, the contrast, Lean organisations are least
Member States. Chart 24 shows that United Kingdom and the Czech Republic common in the Netherlands and Greece.
in the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden show a very low share of workers in this Tayloristic organisations account for at
and Malta, half or more of the work- type of organisation. More than a third least 30 % of employees in Hungary and
ers in private companies with 10 or of workers work in Lean organisations Greece, and less than 10 % of workers
in F
more employees are employed in inland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, in Denmark, Finland and Malta. Simple
Learning organisations. In contrast, Estonia, Romania, Malta and Austria. In organisations are most common in
Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus, where they
Chart 22: Differences in work organisation across sectors involve more than a quarter of work-
ers, and are least common in Sweden,
Learning Lean Tayloristic Simple Estonia, Austria and Hungary.
J Financial intermediation
E Electricity, gas, and water supply 5.2. The interaction
G Wholesale and retail trade; between work
repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles organisation and job
EU-28* quality: the importance
F Construction of Learning and Lean
I Transport, storage and communication Organisations
C-D Mining, quarrying, Manufacturing This subsection describes the inter-
H Hotels and restaurants action between job quality and work
organisation as two important drivers
0 20 40 60 80 100
% of productivity growth (see Table 2).
Source: Eurofound estimates based on EWCS 2010 data.
Learning and Lean organisations
are associated with relatively high
86
Chart 23: Differences in work organisation across occupations job security ( ) compared to Tayloris-
tic organisations, which show the low-
Learning Lean Tayloristic Simple est levels of job security both in terms
isco2 - Professionals of higher chances of losing the current
isco3 - Technicians job and in terms of higher anticipated
and associate professionals
isco1 - Legislators, difficulties in finding another similar
senior officials and managers
isco4 - Clerks job. Learning organisations are asso-
ciated with a higher level of employ-
EU-28* ability compared to Lean organisations,
isco7 - Craft and related trades workers probably due to the fact that training
isco5 - Service workers and shop
and market sales workers is less firm-specific and more general.
isco8 - Plant and machine operators The number of employees in Learn-
and assemblers
isco9 - Elementary occupations ing and Lean organisations with good
0 20 40 60 80 100 career prospects is almost two times
% larger than those in Tayloristic and
Source: Eurofound estimates based on EWCS. Simple organisations.
Chart 24: Differences in work organisation across Member States
Learning Lean Tayloristic Simple
100
90
80
70
60
% 50
40
30
20
10
0
NL DK MT SE LV BE SI EE DE AT FI LU IT PL EU-28 PT LT FR HU CY ES HR SK CZ UK EL IE RO BG
Source: Eurofound estimates based on EWCS 2010 data.
86
( ) Longest seniority is also reported in Learning
organisations.
159
