| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Setting the scene: dark forebodings -- Introduction -- What is actually changing? -- Some controversies -- How new are these changes? -- What of the scale of change? -- What are the challenges? -- Where are we today, how did we get here? -- Wider contexts and challenges -- Change and challenge -- the nature and management of employment relationships -- What can be concluded? -- Is decline inevitable? -- References -- Chapter 2: Voices from the past -- Regulation and employment relations |
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Evolution and revolution in employment relationships -- Tribalism and elites -- Feudalism -- The reformation -- the connection between work and religion -- The Industrial Revolution -- Scientific management and the rise of human relations -- From an Industrial to an Employment Focus (IR to ER): the move from the nineteenth to the twentieth century -- Blurring the boundaries -- The role of technology? -- The twentyfirst century: recognising the dangers -- References -- Chapter 3: Gameplayers and stakeholders -- Gameplayers: the core -- How healthy is the situation? |
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The changing nature of the employer -- Why else has employer identity become more problematic? -- What of selfemployed gameplayers? -- The forgotten gameplayers -- Gameplayers: beyond the core -- Introduction -- The role of trade unions -- Responses to selfemployment -- What of employer organisations? -- Collaboration, sharing and other new ideas? -- Who else are 'gameplayers'? -- States as employers -- Other gameplayers -- What conclusions might be drawn from this overview of 'gameplayers'? -- Stakeholders -- Yet, we have a puzzling situation -- Some key stakeholders -- Governmental bodies |
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Other state concerns -- Education and training providers -- What can be concluded about stakeholders (and gameplayers)? -- A parting thought -- References -- Cases -- Legislation -- Chapter 4: Fragmentation, inequalities and tensions: how are organisations responding? -- Section A: Background -- Work and its management -- The evolution of people management -- The notion of 'people management' -- A different kind of flexibility -- A contested area -- Where has HRM come from? -- The approach of this chapter -- The notion of the 'employment relationship'? -- The challenges to be explored |
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The key management tasks -- Note 1 -- Note 2 -- Applying the model -- The potential management agenda -- a focus on some other possible priorities -- Section B: The management challenges explored -- Changes in the composition of workforces -- The challenge of the selfemployed -- Workforce composition and the people management agenda -- A reflection: the wider challenges of 'autonomy' -- Topic 2: Migration -- Topic 3: Changing business and employment models -- Some introductory matters: key management issues -- Topic 4: The impact of technology on employment relationships and their management |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Topic 5: Worker voice and involvement |
| Subject |
Job enrichment.
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Personnel management.
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Job enrichment
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Personnel management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McKeown, Tui, author.
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| LC no. |
2019058430 |
| ISBN |
9781000044300 |
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1000044300 |
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9781000044287 |
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1000044289 |
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9781000044294 |
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1000044297 |
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9781003020820 |
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1003020828 |
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