On this episode of Spotlight, we focus on productivity and the issue of workplace negotiations.

talks to Professor Bart Van Ark, the Managing Director of the UK Productivity Institute, about why productivity is important and what the latest work of the Institute is telling us about productivity in the UK and beyond.

He then chats to Professor Mel Simms, Dean of Research in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow and Professor of Work and Employment in the Adam Smith Business School about social dialogue i.e. how workers and employers’ representative organisations discuss and negotiate issues around work, employment and the economy.

Timestamps 

  • Professor Bart Van Ark: 01:32 
  • Professor Mel Simms: 28:04 

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About Spotlight

UofG Spotlight is a university podcast discussing public policy and the political process – at a local, national and international level – through a Scottish lens. It brings together the very best insights from colleagues from across the University of Glasgow and beyond in an accessible and engaging way. 

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First published: 9 June 2022

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