This text provides an updated introduction to British industrial relations in their political, economic, social, legal and historical contexts. This edition emphasizes public policy and emerging patterns for the 1990s. Issues covered include: the re-emergence of unitary and individualistic values; changing labour markets and economic contexts; the growth of new managerial methods and recent employment practices; and changes in the legal framework - including the developments in collective bargaining.

Understanding industrial relations

Business & Money

FARNHAM, DAVID

Economics

Cassell

Understanding Industrial Relations

PIMLOTT, John

Thomson Learning

Horton and Farnham (public sector studies and employment relations, respectively, U. of Portsmouth, England) gather 15 contributions examining developments and changes in the management of the major public services in Britain under the Thatcher, Major, and New Labor governments. Changes are viewed in their economic, political, and ideological contexts, followed by discussion of changes in such areas as strategic planning and employment relations. Six cases evaluate various sectors from education to the police. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Public Management in Britain

History

Horton, Sylvia

Europe

St.Martin's Press

Over the last two decades public services have been directly affected by the radical, political and economic changes which have characterized Britain. As 'businesses' public service employers are now becoming more responsive to their clients and customers and have moved to a more decentralized and proactive style, based on private sector practices. This book describes past practices and current developments in public sector organizations, looking at in-depth case studies covering NHS trusts, the Civil Service, local government, police and education. It examines implications for the future and will provide an invaluable guide for both students of personnel and business studies and managers in the public sector.

Managing People in the Public Services

Red Globe Press

This text analyses the key developments and changes in the management of the major public services in Britain during the 1990s. It places public management and, in particular, New Labour's Third Way, in its economic, political and historical context, including the impact of globalisation and European integration. Extended case studies illustrate and highlight key stages in the transformation of management and the book concludes with an evaluation and critique of two decades of managerial reform and a discussion of the way forward in the new millennium.

Management & Leadership

Employee Relations (Management Studies)

Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development

Managing in a Strategic Business Context

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL AND DEVELOPMENT

The old certainties and structures of employment relations no longer exist. Compared with the 'golden age' of labour in the mid-twentieth century, work and employment are more precarious, employers are increasingly hostile to trade union negotiations, and the share of wages in national income is falling. Large-scale employers, in turn, are using sophisticated people-management techniques to motivate workers with person-centred, performance-driven and reward-based processes. Drawing on a range of international data, this comparative text demonstrates that whilst employment relations phenomena are nationally embedded, international market forces are compelling employers to compete in product markets by reducing labour costs, terms and conditions of employment, and job security for their workforces. In an age of transnational globalisation and free-market national economic policies, this textbook provides penetrating cross-national, cross-disciplinary and theoretical analyses of the changing structures of employment relations around the world. Key benefits: • Provides critical analyses of changing patterns of employment relations in the early twenty-first century, drawing upon global, comparative and theoretical perspectives. • Examines the changing faces of the subject in terms of academic disciplines, methodological underpinnings, and institutional, cultural and historic settings. • Integrates industrial relations literature with recent studies of the HRM paradigm.

The Changing Faces of Employment Relations: Global, comparative and theoretical perspectives (Management, Work and Organisations, 33)

This textbook has been written for the new CIPD postgraduate module "HRM in Context". Key Selling Points: maps directly on to the new CIPD module on "HRM in Context"; written by David Farnham, one of the CIPD's Chief Examiners and the author of the new "HRM in Context" module; written in a student-centred way, balancing factual material with practical analysis; and, draws on research, good practice and practical examples from the business world, as well as covering issues affecting public sector and third sector organisations. New to this edition: new chapters on contemporary organisations principal environments, the managerial and business environment, developing corporate strategies and developing HR strategies; and chapters on HR strategy and solutions throughout the book in each chapter. Online resources for tutors include: PowerPoint slides; Lecturer's guide including additional exercises; Answers/guidance for the chapter activities and exercises; and additional case studies. Market: students taking new "CIPD HRM in Context" core module at level 7 (combines existing Managing in a Strategic Business Context and People Management and Development modules).

Human Resource Management in Context: Strategy, Insights and Solutions

Human Resources

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