Case study Case Study–Brush Electrical Machines (BEM) Ltd A takeover and new management had impacted morale, trust and employee engagement in this 800 employee manufacturer of generators for steam and gas turbines. Brush Electrical Machines (BEM) Ltd joined the Acas managed Innovative Workplaces project and as a result introduced initiatives to improve communications across the plant. Set against continuing challenges which were an impediment to improving levels of trust and despite relationships between management and trade unions remaining poor, the outcome, in the view of senior management, was that the situation would have been far worse without involvement in the project. Case study organisational background BEM was one of ten organisations that participated, during 2009/10,

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