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Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice (Industrial Relations in Context) (2nd Revised edition) ISBN: 0631222588 ISBN13: 9780631222583 Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice (Industrial Relations in Context) (2nd Revised edition) By: Edited by Paul Edwards Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Format: Paperback Our Price: 29.44 Discount: 5% RRP: 30.99

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. Each of the chapters is written by an acknowledged expert in the field and provides a strong argument on a particular topic. At the same time key issues, such as coherence of efforts to reform industrial relations and the potential different routes of development, run through many chapters. The second edition pays particular attention to the effects of European and international developments on British industrial relations. There are two new chapters: the first examines the role of multinational companies in changing the British employment relationship; the second looks at the individualisation of the employment relationship, building on the book's existing analysis of the experience of work from an employee point of view.


Contents:

List of Figures and Tables

List of Common Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Preface

1

The Employment Relationship and the Field of Industrial Relations, Paul Edwards 2

The Historical Evolution of British IR, Richard Hyman 3

The Labour Market: History, Structure and Prospects, Peter Nolan and Gary Slater 4

Foreign Multinationals and Industrial Relations Innovation in Britain, Anthony Ferner 5

The State: Economic Management and Incomes Policy, Colin Crouch 6

Labour Law and Industrial Relations: A New Settlement? Linda Dickens and Mark Hall 7

Management: Systems, Structures and Strategy, Keith Sisson and Paul Marginson 8

The Management of Pay as the Influence of Collective Bargaining Diminishes, William Brown, Paul Marginson and Janet Walsh 9

Trade Union Organization, Jeremy Waddington 10

Employee Representation: Shop Stewards and the New Legal Framework, Michael Terry 11

Industrial Relations in the Public Sector, Stephen Bach and David Winchester 12

Indivisualism and the Collectivism in Industrial Relations, Ian Kessler and John Purcell 13

New Forms of Work Organization: Still Limites, Still Controlled but Still Welcome? John F

Geary 14

Managing without Unions: The Sources and Limitations of Individualism, Trevor Colling 15

Training, Ewart Keep and Helen Rainbird 16

The Industrial Relations of a Diverse Workforce, Sonia Liff 17

Low Pay and the National Minimum Wage, Jill Rubery and Paul Edwards 18

Employment Relations in Small Firms, Richard Scase 19

Industrial Relations, HRM and Performance, Peter Nolan and Kathy O'donnell 20

Concluding Comments

Paul Edwards

Index.


Brief Description:

Examines the effects of European and international developments on British industrial relations. This work includes chapters that examine the role of multinational companies in changing the British employment relationship, and looks at the individualisation of the employment relationship, from an employee's point of view.

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