In this paper, the recent experience of enterprise restructuring and Award
restructuring in Australia is reviewed against the background of 'new production
concepts'that are informing structural adjustment strategies in the country's principal
competitors. The notions of neo-and post-Fordism are introduced to help make sense
of the contradictory developments occurring in Australian industry, both to aid analysis
and to assist in formulating constructive strategies of intervention. Prospects for
restructuring are critically assessed.
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