Les dispositifs d'entreprise en direction des familles
This research provides an overview of the facilities proposed by French companies to help their employees, not only to reconcile work and family life, but more widely in the fulfillment of their parental responsibilities. The commitment of companies is strongly framed by the legislation and by the conventional regulations, and the companies' support comes from various sources: Human resources departments, collective bargaining and works councils. The research also captures how work-life balance facilities are bargained. The first part of the report is devoted to the findings of quantitative analysis while the second part describes the diverse provisions enabling employees to improve their parental duties based on a qualitative study. The third part examines the content of some innovative collective agreements on work-life balance and parenthood. In the last part of the report, different commitment regimes are identified with respect to the combination of practices from the social partners within the company, taking account of the contrasted commitment of the trade unions in this issue, as also of the constraints due to the size of the company, the characteristics of the workforce, the profile of the employer and the cultural and historical background of the company.
L’accueil des enfants : enjeux des réformes et appel aux entreprises dans quatre pays européens.
Afin de repondre a l’urgente necessite d’augmenter l’offre d’accueil des enfants, les entreprises sont conviees a participer a cet objectif et a s’engager dans un soutien plus actif a l’egard de leurs salaries ayant des enfants. Cet article examine comment les entreprises sont mobilisees autour de la question de l’accueil des enfants dans quatre pays de l’Union europeenne, l’Allemagne, la France, l’Italie et le Royaume-Uni. Au prealable, cet appel aux entreprises est situe dans le contexte plus large des reformes des politiques d’accueil, soulignant les convergences entre les objectifs assignes a ces reformes en lien avec les injonctions de l’Union europeenne, et les diverses formes de mise en oeuvre. Sont ainsi mises en evidence differentes logiques d’implication des entreprises, articulees a divers modeles d’intervention de l’Etat et de partenariats public-prive.
Computer Simulation Modeling
Computer simulation as a research methodology is presented as the intersection of modeling, simulation, and computer analysis. Five component parts of simulation models are identified: input variables, output variables, assumptions, algorithms, and parameters. Computer simulation (CSM) has two primary uses for those interested in the study of organizations or who work within them: theory development and policy planning. The advantages and disadvantages of CSM for each of these purposes are examined and recent examples for each are explored.