Systems in action: An everyday tale of industrial folk

It's 1972 and when a manufacturing company decides to bring in a consultant to study the efficiency of workers, the union stewards are not happy. Management are wanting to find funding for a structural review, while the unions are concerned with redundancies and pay rises. With each party bringing a different agenda to the table, see how the negotiations progress.

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