Institute for Codetermination and Management

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Institute for Codetermination and Management (IMU)
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Purpose: Advice and training of employee representatives in co-determined supervisory boards, works and staff councils as well as labor directors
Chair: Daniel Hay (since August 1, 2020)
Consist: Since 2018
Founder: Hans Böckler Foundation
Seat: Dusseldorf
Website: www.imu-boeckler.de/de/index.htm

The Institute for Codetermination and Management (IMU) is an institute of the Hans Böckler Foundation that was founded in early 2018. The seat of the Institute is Dusseldorf . The scientific director of the IMU is Daniel Hay.

history

The Hans Böckler Foundation (HBS) is a co-determination, research and study funding organization of the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB). After the Institute for Economic and Social Sciences (WSI), which was incorporated into the HBS in 1995, and the Institute for Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Research (IMK) in 2005, the Institute for Codetermination and Corporate Management is another institute of the HBS. It was founded on January 1st, 2018.

Tasks and activities

The Institute for participation and corporate governance advice and qualified employee representatives in co-determined supervisory boards , operating and staff councils and labor directors . It offers a platform for professional exchange. The IMU annually organizes the “Böckler Conference for Supervisory Boards”, which is attended by around 300 participants, and operates the online platform “Mitbestungsportal”.

The IMU also publishes studies on relevant topics of co-determined corporate management. These include, for example, studies on the salaries of DAX board members, financial investors, corporate strategies, the quota of women on supervisory boards and works council elections. Research projects are carried out with partners such as the Berlin Science Center for Social Research and the University of Duisburg-Essen .

Publications

On the basis of research results and advisory activities, the IMU publishes regularly in various series of publications.

Publication series

  • The codetermination report gives an overview of current topics of codetermination with data, facts and recommendations for action (for example ISSN  2364-0413 ).
  • The codetermination practice offers special practical aids for supervisory boards, works councils and personnel managers (for example ISSN  2366-0449 ).
  • In the Study series , current research results, in particular practical examples of company and service agreements, are documented (for example ISBN 978-3-86593-301-0 ).
  • The IMU Policy Brief connects issues of employee participation with the political agenda and shows political scope for action.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The ECJ is supposed to resolve the conflict over trade unionists on supervisory boards. In: Handelsblatt Online. August 19, 2020, accessed August 31, 2020 .
  2. ↑ About the Institute for Codetermination and Corporate Management (IMU) , on the website of the Hans Böckler Foundation . Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ Strong voice for participation. In: Magazin Mitbestteilung, issue 01/2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ Why a yoghurt producer "turns on" the DGB boss , on the website of the ARD capital studio on June 29, 2017. Retrieved on May 5, 2019.
  5. ^ Co-determination portal , on the website of the Hans Böckler Foundation . Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  6. ↑ Gustav Theile: More and more money for the boss. Salary gap to white-collar workers. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of July 5, 2018. Retrieved on May 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ Andreas Kißler: Böckler Foundation sees risks for companies from asset managers In: finanznachrichten.de of May 24, 2018. Retrieved on April 22, 2020.
  8. ^ Matthias Schiermeyer: Study on conglomerates. The heavy tankers are better than their reputation. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten of January 4, 2019. Retrieved on May 5, 2019.
  9. ↑ a b Frank Specht: Listed companies benefit significantly from co-determination , In: Handelsblatt of April 7, 2020. Accessed on April 22, 2020.
  10. ↑ Rasmus Buchsteiner: Study: Statutory quota for women has no charisma. In:Kieler Nachrichten of March 7, 2019. Retrieved on May 5, 2019.
  11. ↑ dpa : 100 years of works councils - co-determination on the decline? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of February 3, 2020. Accessed April 22, 2020.
  12. ↑ Codetermination and forward-looking corporate management - measurement of strength and influence using a codetermination index (MB-ix) , on the website of the Berlin Science Center for Social Research . Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  13. ↑ Codetermination report , on the IMU website
  14. ↑ Codetermination Practice , on the IMU website
  15. ^ Study / Edition of the Hans Böckler Foundation , on the IMU website
  16. ^ IMU Policy Brief , on the IMU website