Title Markets, firms, and the management of labour in modern Britain / Howard F. Gospel

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge studies in management ; 17 Cambridge studies in management ; 17. Contents Introduction: the management of labour -- pt. 1. The inheritance -- Markets, firms, and the management of labour in the nineteenth century -- pt. 2. Continuities and change in the first half of the twentieth century -- Markets, firms, and the organisation of production -- The evolving employment relationship -- Employers, unions, and collective bargaining -- pt. 3. Challenges and adjustments in the post-war years -- Markets, firms, and the organisation of production -- Industrial relations: challenges and responses -- Employment relations in the post-war period -- pt. 4. Conclusions -- Markets, firms, and the management of labour Summary "This book examines the development of employers' human resource management and industrial relations' policies in Britain. It adopts a broad historical perspective, beginning with the inheritance from the nineteenth century and coming up to date with modern human resource management policies. It focuses on how managers organise the employment relationship, how they control work relations, and how they deal with trade unions and industrial relations. The author examines these in the context of the market within which the firm operates, and the strategy, structure, and hierarchy of the modern industrial enterprise, developing a theoretical approach which emphasises the effect of these factors on management choices." "The book shows that historically British employers tended to adopt market-based strategies rather than internal ones. Despite a post-war trend towards 'internalisation', comparison with the US, Germany and Japan reveals that this has come about only slowly and unevenly, and has not been able to reverse the relative decline in economic performance and national competitiveness."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-246) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Personnel management -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Personnel management -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Industrial relations -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Industrial relations -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management. Industrial relations Personnel management Sozialpartnerschaft Arbeitsbeziehungen Personalwesen Personalpolitik Personeelsmanagement. Arbeidsomstandigheden. Great Britain Großbritannien Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511582394 0511582390 9780511002397 0511002394

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