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Industrial relations : theory and practice in Britain / edited by Paul Edwards.

Contributor(s): Edwards, P. K. (Paul K.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Human resource management (Cambridge, Mass.).Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Blackwell Business, 1995Description: xxi, 628 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0631191666.Subject(s): Industrial relations -- Great BritainDDC classification: 331.0941
Contents:
Part 1: Introduction -- The employment relationship -- The historical evolution of British IR -- The structure of the economy and labour market -- Part 2: The parties to industrial relations -- Management: systems, structure and strategy -- Management: pay determination and collective bargaining -- Trade unions: growth, structure and policy -- Trade unions - shop stewards and the workplace -- The state: economic management and incomes policy -- The state: labour law and industrial relations -- The state: the public sector -- Part 3: Issues and processes -- Individualism and collectivism in theory and practice: management style and the design of pay systems -- Work practices: the structure of work -- Industrial relations and productivity -- Strikes and industrial conflict -- Equal opportunities: continuing discrimination in a context of formal equality -- Privitization and marketization -- Training -- The low-paid and the unorganized -- Employment relations in small firms -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Assessment: markets and managerialism.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The first edition of Industrial Relations combined original, up-to-date evidence with expert comment and analysis. For the second edition, this successful approach has been maintained, while the content has been completely revised and updated.

New edition of a successful text, combining evidence and analysis.
Chapters are written by acknowledged experts in the field.
Pays particular attention to the effects of European and international developments on British industrial relations.
Includes a new chapter on the role of multinational companies in changing the British employment relationship.
Includes a new chapter on the individualisation of the employment relationship.

"A completely revised version of Industrial relations in Britain"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Introduction -- The employment relationship -- The historical evolution of British IR -- The structure of the economy and labour market -- Part 2: The parties to industrial relations -- Management: systems, structure and strategy -- Management: pay determination and collective bargaining -- Trade unions: growth, structure and policy -- Trade unions - shop stewards and the workplace -- The state: economic management and incomes policy -- The state: labour law and industrial relations -- The state: the public sector -- Part 3: Issues and processes -- Individualism and collectivism in theory and practice: management style and the design of pay systems -- Work practices: the structure of work -- Industrial relations and productivity -- Strikes and industrial conflict -- Equal opportunities: continuing discrimination in a context of formal equality -- Privitization and marketization -- Training -- The low-paid and the unorganized -- Employment relations in small firms -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Assessment: markets and managerialism.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • 1 The Employment Relationship and the Field of Industrial Relations
  • 2 The Historical Evolution of British Industrial Relations
  • 3 The Labour Market: History, Structure and Prospects
  • 4 Foreign Multinationals and Industrial Relations Innovation in Britain
  • 5 The State: Economic Management and Incomes Policy
  • 6 Labour Law and Industrial Relations: a New Settlement
  • 7 Management: Systems, Structures and Strategy
  • 8 The Management of Pay as the Influence of Collective Bargaining Diminishes
  • 9 Trade Union Organization
  • 10 Employee Representation: Shop Stewards and the New Legal Framework
  • 11 Industrial Relations in the Public Sector
  • 12 Individualism and Collectivism in Industrial Relations
  • 13 New Forms of Work Organization: Still Limited, Still Controlled, but Still Welcome
  • 14 Managing Without Unions: the Sources and Limitations of Individualism
  • 15 Training
  • 16 The Industrial Relations of a Diverse Workforce
  • 17 Low Pay and the National Minimum Wage
  • 18 Employment Relations in Small Firms
  • 19 Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management and Performance
  • Index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paul Edwards is Professor of Industrial Relations in the Industrial Relations Research Unit at the University of Warwick. His previous publications include Conflict at Work (1986), Managing the Factory (1987) and Attending to Work (1993). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and edited the journal Work, Employment and Society from 1996 to 1998.
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