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Labour relations / Frank Burchill.

By: Burchill, Frank.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Basingstoke : Macmillan Business, 1997Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xv, 221 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0333695216.Subject(s): Industrial relations -- Great Britain | Collective bargaining -- Great BritainDDC classification: 331.8
Contents:
Harmony and conflict -- The market for labour -- Trade unions -- The government of unions -- The employers -- Collective bargaining -- Procedures -- Settling disputes -- Negotiating -- Industrial action -- Pay -- The new industrial relations.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Fully revised and updated, this new edition continues to provide an excellent introduction to labour relations. Beginning with an examination of different perspectives of industrial relations, the book goes on to look at practical issues such as collective bargaining and negotiating and analyses recent changes. Although predominantly based on the UK experience, general principles are raised and discussed which makes Labour Relations an ideal introductory text for undergraduate students.

Bibliography: (pages 207-209) and index.

Harmony and conflict -- The market for labour -- Trade unions -- The government of unions -- The employers -- Collective bargaining -- Procedures -- Settling disputes -- Negotiating -- Industrial action -- Pay -- The new industrial relations.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Tables (p. x)
  • List of Figures (p. xi)
  • List of Abbreviations (p. xii)
  • Introduction to the Third Edition (p. xv)
  • 1 Harmony and Conflict (p. 1)
  • Perspectives (p. 2)
  • Conclusion and Further Reading (p. 6)
  • 2 The Market for Labour (p. 9)
  • The Neoclassical Model (p. 10)
  • 'In the long run we are all dead' (p. 17)
  • Conflict (p. 19)
  • The UK Labour Market (p. 20)
  • Conclusion and Further Reading (p. 23)
  • 3 Trade Unions (p. 24)
  • The Origins and Growth of Trade Unions (p. 24)
  • British Unions Today (p. 27)
  • The Condition of the Unions (p. 31)
  • Trade Union Recognition (p. 43)
  • The Closed Shop (p. 45)
  • Union Responses (p. 45)
  • Multi-unionism (p. 48)
  • Size of Unions (p. 48)
  • Conclusion (p. 49)
  • 4 The Government of Unions (p. 50)
  • From 'Primitive' to 'Representative' Democracies (p. 50)
  • Shop Stewards (p. 58)
  • The Trades Union Congress (p. 60)
  • Conclusion and Further Reading (p. 62)
  • 5 The Employers (p. 63)
  • Management (p. 64)
  • Employers' Associations (p. 64)
  • The Enterprise (p. 66)
  • Management Strategy (p. 70)
  • Conclusion and Further Reading (p. 75)
  • 6 Collective Bargaining (p. 76)
  • Coverage of Collective Bargaining (p. 77)
  • Bargaining Levels (p. 78)
  • Bargaining Units (p. 82)
  • The Content of Bargaining (p. 82)
  • Joint Consultation (p. 83)
  • Conclusion and Recommended Reading (p. 85)
  • 7 Procedures (p. 86)
  • Discipline (p. 86)
  • 'Doing the Right Thing' (p. 90)
  • Grievances (p. 93)
  • Conclusion and Recommended Reading (p. 100)
  • 8 Settling Disputes (p. 101)
  • Procedural Forms (p. 101)
  • Conciliation (p. 102)
  • Mediation (p. 103)
  • Arbitration (p. 104)
  • The Extent of Third-Party Intervention (p. 105)
  • Related Issues (p. 107)
  • Pendulum Arbitration (p. 109)
  • ACAS (p. 111)
  • Conclusion and Further Reading (p. 114)
  • 9 Negotiating (p. 115)
  • The Walton and McKersie Model (p. 116)
  • The Stages of Negotiation (p. 119)
  • The Negotiations (p. 126)
  • The Agreement (p. 128)
  • Conclusion and Further Reading (p. 129)
  • 10 Industrial Action (p. 130)
  • 'Strikes' (p. 131)
  • 'The Right to Strike' (p. 132)
  • Stoppage Patterns in the United Kingdom (p. 133)
  • Causes of Strikes (p. 136)
  • The Cost of Strikes (p. 142)
  • Conclusion and Further Reading (p. 143)
  • 11 Pay (p. 144)
  • Productivity (p. 145)
  • Added Value (p. 146)
  • Time Payments and Performance Payments (p. 149)
  • Performance-Related Pay (p. 151)
  • Job Evaluation (p. 153)
  • Arguments Used in Pay Bargaining (p. 158)
  • Incomes Policies (p. 160)
  • 12 The New Industrial Relations (p. 162)
  • The Japanese Model (p. 163)
  • HRM (p. 170)
  • Employee Participation (p. 171)
  • International Labour Relations (p. 175)
  • 13 The Old and the New (p. 184)
  • Routes to Partnership (p. 185)
  • Partnership Principles (p. 191)
  • Conclusion (p. 197)
  • Bibliography (p. 198)
  • Index (p. 201)
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