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Book Airline Labor Relations in the Global Era

Download or read book Airline Labor Relations in the Global Era written by Peter Cappelli and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging from a 1993 conference on airline labor relations convened by the National Mediation Board, this volume provides a comprehensive discussion of the problems facing the airline industry, the significance of globalization, the impact of deregulation and labor relations, and possible solutions. "The lasting contribution of this volume may be its use to historians as they try to understand what the players were thinking in the early 1990s, as the industry embarked on another era of transformation." (from the introduction) Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Evolution of International Aviation

Download or read book Evolution of International Aviation written by Dawna L. Rhoades and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is twofold. First, it lays out the forces that shaped the international aviation industry and that changed all the rules in the drive for liberalization. Second, it looks at the many interesting and difficult choices ahead that the airline industry in general and the international aviation industry in particular face. These choices include many dichotomies: pulling back from the trend toward liberalization or embracing the liberalization trend, merging in search of profitability or fragmenting the industry in search of economies. These possible futures are explored including the pros and cons of each future from a national, consumer, employer, and employee perspective. As with the previous two editions, Evolution of International Aviation reviews the historical development of the international aviation system. From this foundation it then provides an updated and expanded account of the current state of the aviation and aerospace industry including profitability, consolidation, and merger activity. New to this edition, the book broadens the coverage of the industry segments - airlines, air cargo, and manufacturing - to include the emerging commercial space sector. It also emphasizes the relationship between aviation and the political process, exploring the sustainability of this mode of transportation in a world of climate change, high oil prices, and political instability. Because this book is intended for both the interested amateur and the more serious student, references are provided in the text and at the end of each chapter to allow for further in-depth study. The third edition also adds to each chapter a set of learning objectives and a concluding series of questions for discussion.

Book Industrial Relations  Labour markets  labour process and trade unionism

Download or read book Industrial Relations Labour markets labour process and trade unionism written by John E. Kelly and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set is designed to capture both the complexity of the field of industrial relations globally, as well as bringing out the continuing relevance of competing theoretical approaches to the subject.

Book Employment with a Human Face

Download or read book Employment with a Human Face written by John W. Budd and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John W. Budd contends that the turbulence of the current workplace and the importance of work for individuals and society make it vitally important that employment be given "a human face." Contradicting the traditional view of the employment relationship as a purely economic transaction, with business wanting efficiency and workers wanting income, Budd argues that equity and voice are equally important objectives. The traditional narrow focus on efficiency must be balanced with employees' entitlement to fair treatment (equity) and the opportunity to have meaningful input into decisions (voice), he says. Only through a greater respect for these human concerns can broadly shared prosperity, respect for human dignity, and equal appreciation for the competing human rights of property and labor be achieved.Budd proposes a fresh set of objectives for modern democracies—efficiency, equity, and voice—and supports this new triad with an intellectual framework for analyzing employment institutions and practices. In the process, he draws on scholarship from industrial relations, law, political science, moral philosophy, theology, psychology, sociology, and economics, and advances debates over free markets, globalization, human rights, and ethics. He applies his framework to important employment-related topics, such as workplace governance, the New Deal industrial relations system, comparative industrial relations, labor union strategies, and globalization. These analyses create a foundation for reforming employment practices, social norms, and public policies. In the book's final chapter, Budd advocates the creation of the field of human resources and industrial relations and explores the wider implications of this renewed conceptualization of industrial relations.

Book Femininity in Flight

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kathleen Barry
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2007-02-28
  • ISBN : 9780822339465
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Femininity in Flight written by Kathleen Barry and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Femininity in Flight' considers flight attendants as cultural icons, looking at how attendants redeployed the 'glamourization' used to sell air travel to campaign for professional respect, higher wages, and women's rights.

Book The Impact of 9 11 on Business and Economics

Download or read book The Impact of 9 11 on Business and Economics written by M. Morgan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Impact of 9/11 on Business and Economics is the second volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of our time to reflect on one of the most significant events of our time.

Book Monthly Labor Review

Download or read book Monthly Labor Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.

Book Air Transport in the 21st Century

Download or read book Air Transport in the 21st Century written by John F. O'Connell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airlines are buffeted by fluctuating political and economic landscapes, ever-changing competition, technology developments, globalization, increasing deregulation and evolving customer requirements. As a consequence all sectors of the air transport industry are in a constant state of flux. The principle aim of this book is to review current trends in the airline industry and its related suppliers, thereby providing an insight into the forces that are changing its dynamics. The factors that are reshaping the structure of the industry are examined with a view to identifying the key issues whose impact will be critical in the future. The book features two very distinct sections. The first contains short contributions from industry executives at CEO/VP level from airlines, aircraft/engine manufacturers, safety and navigational provider organisations, who have set out their take of where the airline industry is heading. This commercial input sets the scene for the book and provides the bridge to the second section, which is composed of 18 chapters written by distinguished academic authors. Each chapter presents a valuable insight into a specific area of the air transport industry, including: airlines, airports, cargo, deregulation, the environment, navigation, strategy, information technology, security and tourism. The shared objective of the authors is to describe and explain the core competencies that are determining the current shape of the industry and to examine the forces that will change its direction going forward. The book is written in a management style and will appeal to all levels of personnel who work for airlines across the world. It is also written for airport authorities, aerospace manufacturers, regulatory and government transportation agencies, researchers and students of aviation management, transport studies, tourism and the wider air transport industry.

Book Crisis Management in Tourism

Download or read book Crisis Management in Tourism written by Eric Laws and published by CABI. This book was released on 2007 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using examples from the UK, Europe, America, Australia and Asia, this book provides an analysis of the latest thinking and practice in dealing with extreme and sudden reductions in demand for specific tourist destinations or products. It shows that managerial responses, including problem solving and market recovery steps, vary in effectiveness and that recovery may be slow after initial problems are overcome.

Book Effects of Deregulation on Safety

Download or read book Effects of Deregulation on Safety written by Vicki Bier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effects of Deregulation on Safety provides a comprehensive overview of the safety experiences of these three case study industries and their implications for the U.S. nuclear power industry. The treatment of the subject is not highly technical, and hence is accessible to a wide range of readers with interests in the subject matter. The book draws on literature from roughly 250 references, ranging from brief news articles to book-length studies of deregulation in a particular industry, as well as original in-depth interviews with representatives of all three case study industries. This wealth of empirical background information allows the book to go beyond mere speculation about the possible adverse safety consequences of deregulation, to identify situations in which particular adverse safety consequences actually occurred. The experience of the case study industries indicates that economic deregulation need not be incompatible with a reasonable safety record, especially in those aspects of safety that are positively related to productivity. But that safety also cannot be taken for granted after deregulation. Careful management attention is needed in order to avoid the types of safety problems that were associated with deregulation in the case study industries.

Book Working the Skies

Download or read book Working the Skies written by Drew Whitelegg and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Book Air Transportation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexander T. Wells
  • Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
  • Release : 2007-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780754671718
  • Pages : 598 pages

Download or read book Air Transportation written by Alexander T. Wells and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its sixth edition, Air Transportation by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management. In addition to explaining the fundamentals, this book now takes the reader to the leading edge of the discipline, using past and present trends to forecast future challenges the industry may face and encouraging the reader to really think about the decisions a manager implements. The Sixth Edition contains updated material on airline passenger marketing, labor relations, financing and heightened security precautions. Arranged in sharply focused parts and accessible sections, the exposition is clear and reader-friendly. Air Transportation is suitable for almost all aviation programs that feature business and management, modular courses and distance learning programmes, or for self-directed study and continuing personal professional development.

Book In Solidarity

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kim Moody
  • Publisher : Haymarket Books
  • Release : 2014-04-29
  • ISBN : 1608463265
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book In Solidarity written by Kim Moody and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough collection of inspiring and informed essays on applied Marxist theory and the future of labor unions.

Book Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization

Download or read book Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization written by Berch Berberoglu and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten contributions from scholars and activists discuss the political economy of the labor process in the age of global capitalism, examining how the global economy effects ordinary people in the workplace. Topics include, for example, the struggle for control at the point of production, the division of labor along racial lines in U.S. agriculture, and women and resistance in the transnational labor force. Editor Berberoglu teaches sociology at the U. of Nevada, Reno. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Travel Industry Economics

Download or read book Travel Industry Economics written by Harold L. Vogel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book Harold L. Vogel comprehensively and holistically examines the business economics and investment aspects of major components of the travel industry, including airlines, hotels, casinos, amusement and theme parks, cruise lines, and tourism. The book is designed as an economics-grounded text that uniquely integrates reviews of each sector's history with economics, accounting, and financial aspects and analysis. As such, it provides a concise, up-to-date reference guide for financial analysts, economists, industry executives, legislators and regulators, advertisers, and journalists interested in the economics, financing, and marketing of travel and tourism-related goods and services. The fourth edition of this well-established text updates, refreshes, and significantly broadens the coverage of tourism economics. It includes new sections on travel law and applications of big data and artificial intelligence technologies as well as additional material on demographic spending patterns, the online travel agency business, the pandemic's effects and affects on industry finances, expanded coverage of the cruise line industry, and information on the damage to tourist destinations caused by excessive pollution and traffic."--

Book Speedbird

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robin Higham
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2013-05-30
  • ISBN : 0857733346
  • Pages : 515 pages

Download or read book Speedbird written by Robin Higham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1939 and 1946 BOAC (the British Overseas Airways Corporation) was the nationalised airline of Great Britain - and between 1946 and 1974 as such it exclusively operated all long-haul British flights. With its iconic 'Speedbird' logo and its central role in the glamorous 'jet age' of the 1950s and 1960s, BOAC achieved a near cult-status with admirers around the globe. Yet, to date there has been no comprehensive history of the organisation, covering its structure, fleet and the role it played in the critical events of the age - from World War II to the end of empire, a period when BOAC played a pivotal part in projecting British political power, even as that power was waning. During World War II, BOAC operated a limited wartime service and prepared for the return of commercial flight in the postwar era. But it was in the service of Britain's colonies - and latterly the process of decolonisation - that BOAC achieved its most pivotal role. The development of flight technology enabled much faster connections between Britain and her imperial possessions - as the colonies prepared for independence BOAC ferried diplomats, politicians and colonial administrators between London and the far-flung corners of Africa and Asia in much faster times than had previously been possible. In this book, acclaimed historian Robin Higham presents a unique comprehensive study of BOAC from the early jet travel of the de Havilland Comet and the Vickers VC10 to the dawn of supersonic passenger aviation. Highly illustrated and meticulously researched using previously unseen sources, this book will be essential reading for all aviation enthusiasts and anyone interested in the history of modern Britain.

Book Industrial   Labor Relations Review

Download or read book Industrial Labor Relations Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: