Download or read book Industrial Relations and the Wider Society written by Brian Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook comprising interdisciplinary research readings on labour relations in the UK - covers collective bargaining processes, trade unionism, social and cultural factors, etc., and considers priorities for labour policy reform. References.

Download or read book INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND THE WIDER SOCIETY ASPECTS OF INTERACTION written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Industrial Relations and the Social Order written by Wilbert Ellis Moore and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sociology Work and Industry written by Tony J. Watson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third edition of this successful and popular text, Tony Watson explains how the discipline of sociology can contribute to our wider understanding of the variety of work practices and institutions which exist in modern societies. He travels the full journey from the founding ideas of the discipline to postmodernist departures and develops all the main areas: occupations; organizations; work experience; industrial relations; industrial society and theory. The book ends with a thoroughly revised chapter covering the major questions of how work experience and global patterns of relationships are changing now and may change in the future. Thoroughly revised and presented in a new and accessible format, this third edition ofSociology, Work and Industrywill prove an indispensable guide to a massive and complex field.

Download or read book Industrial Relations written by Michael Poole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comparative study of industrial relations provides an analysis of a wide range of phenomena, with a view to uncovering the origins of national diversity. It takes into account the notion of strategic choice, set within a series of constraints of environment, organizational and institutional conditions and power relationships. The book: * Covers a wide range of examples from the UK, USA, France, Germany Italy, Sweden, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and Japan * Includes a comprehensive analysis of management and employers' associations, labour and trades unions * Examines the role of the state in comparative perspective

Download or read book INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND THE WIDER SOCIETY ASPECTS OF INTERACTION ED BY BRIAN BARRETT U A ASS BY GAIL MIDGLEY written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Work and Society written by Tim Strangleman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-04-10 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work and Society is an important new text about the sociology of work and employment. It provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, business and politics, with a firm and enjoyable foundation to this fascinating area of sociology, giving comprehensive coverage of traditional areas of the sub-discipline as well as new trends and developments. The book is divided into three complementary and interconnected sections – investigating work, work and social change and understanding work. These sections allow readers to explore themes, issues and approaches by examining how sociologists have thought about, and researched work and how the sub-discipline has been influenced by wider society itself. Novel features include separate chapters on researching work, domestic work, unemployment and work, and the representation of work in literary and visual media.

Download or read book Industrial Relations in a Developing Society written by Lewis Baison Dzimbiri and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2008-06-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Schaffer (1969:184) observes, developing societies are characterized by a peculiar combination of factors such as ‘extensive needs, low capacities and severe obstacles’ and these factors make industrial relations more complex and controversial. Apart from these factors, there are already known contradictions in the needs and expectations of the major actors in industrial relations-employers, employees and the state. The state wants economic development through public and private sector investment and higher worker productivity. It performs several functions- an employer, economic manager, arbiter in trade disputes and provider of a legal framework for industrial relations. It is also concerned with the welfare and standards of living of the majority of the citizens who constitute the largest proportion of voters. While employers in the private sector are keen to produce goods or offer services at a more competitive price and are anxious to maximize profits through higher productivity and lower costs, employees are keen to enjoy a living wage, better conditions of employment including participation in decision-making processes related to their wages and conditions of employment. However, high wages, fringe benefits among other ‘goodies’ are a cost that reduces the profits of the employer. The need of the employers for more investment which in turn creates additional employment for jobseekers pleases the state which is not only anxious to get corporate as well as pay as you earn tax, but also wants to ensure improved standards of living of the majority poor. The needs by different actors create tensions, dilemmas and hence conflict in industrial relations. Attempts at managing this inherent conflict at the workplace and in the wider society generally, is the major preoccupation of industrial relations. One of the central points in the book is that the state is the most powerful actor that determines the terrain of industrial relations in any country. In a developing country the influence of the state is even stronger given its central position it occupies in economic development and its anxiety to maintain political stability. Additionally, the influence of the international donor community on the behaviour of the state in developing societies which in turn has a bearing on industrial relations is acknowledged. Employment relations issues need to be understood by employers (employers’ associations, human resource managers, general managers and chief executives, industrial relations managers, company presidents and Board chairpersons), employees (in the broadest sense of the word from the rank and file to top management, union leaders and members) and government officials (dealing with employment issues in ministries and government departments, labour ministry officials, ministers and their advisors and all involved in third party roles to employment disputes).This book will benefit not only the above groups but also students at universities or training institutions as well as lecturers in the field. It is a product of the author’s reflection of his experience of the extent of helplessness experienced by many actors in employment relations when Malawi was thrown into an industrial relations ‘tsunami’ in the early 1990s when the country witnessed unprecedented strike activity in the midst of political change. My research on Joint consultative committees and the presentation of the same at the labour law reform workshop in June 1995 at Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi was the beginning of my interest in industrial relations. Following on this interest, I introduced Industrial Relations as a course for the BA HRM students in the department of Political and Administrative Studies at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. Assignments done by my students deepened my interest further. This culminated into a three year research which was in fulfillment for the award of a doctoral degree in industrial relations at Keele University in England. This book represents tangible evidence of interest in the subject. Special care has been taken to clarify key concepts and roles of actors and some theoretical frameworks for understanding industrial relations processes. The role of the state and its transformation in Africa over the past decades and its impact on industrial relations in Africa in general and Malawi in particular, has been examined. An attempt to demonstrate worker militancy in reaction to poor conditions of employment during the colonial, independent one party and multiparty Malawi has also been shown. This book demonstrates the value of a multidisciplinary approach to unravel complex forces within the political economy of a developing society. The use of industrial relations theory, public administration, law, economics, history, research methods and political science has provided deep insights into the peculiarity of industrial relations of a developing society over a period of seventy years. This covers the colonial, the independent one party and the multiparty periods. While it may not be too comprehensive to cover every aspect of the subject matter, the book does claim to be a product of extensive research. Apart from extensive interviews with key actors and analysts of industrial relation in Malawi and review of the literature on the subject, the book has relied on extensive review of documents, official statistics, newspapers and questionnaire responses to generate data. I have deliberately avoided many citations inside the text in order to make it more reader friendly. It should be mentioned that although the case studies and most materials in this book are selectively Malawi and Africa in scope, the relevance of the content goes beyond the African continent.

Download or read book Industrial Relations the Economy and Society written by John Godard and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1993 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment written by Charles J. Whalen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . . . the book is both wide-ranging and thought provoking. . . New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment is a first rate collection of papers that provides a state-of-the-art overview of debates on the health and standing of the field of industrial relations. John Kelly, Transfer Charles Whalen s excellent edited volume New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment is a conversation about renewing the academic discipline formerly known as industrial relations. . . The chapters of this book are uniformly of high quality and provocative. . . It inspires the reader to engage and mend the world a bit. David Jacobs, Heterodox Economics Newsletter . . . an intellectually stimulating collection of informed, sound, and innovative responses to modern labor problems. . . . New Directions is a timely work that deserves wide readership by anyone with an association or interest in industrial relations. Although the matter of revitalization of the field of IR is not nearly a new topic, dismissing this volume as simply another typical prescription in the lineage of IR revitalization commentary would be a gross miscalculation. For one, the sheer breadth and depth of the contributing scholars brings a unique intellectual richness to this project. Also, this book distinctively tackles the issue of revitalization from a multitude of perspectives from social capital to network theories to labor and employment law, and from research and theory to teaching and practice and does so in a way that is comprehensive, continuous, and in dialog throughout. Finally this book makes a significant contribution because of its specific recommendations for IR revitalization. Instead of telling scholars and practitioners the need for a new direction but providing few feasible alternatives, New Directions proffers real pathways for progress. This book is a useful guide for navigating the ever-developing world of work and employment relations. Sean Rogers, Perspectives on Work Where is the field of industrial relations going? How can it be rejuvenated? How can it be reformulated to deal with current problems? These are among the difficult questions this stimulating book addresses. George Strauss, University of California, Berkeley, US This book deserves to be widely read. The academic study of industrial relations has recently struggled to adjust to the brave new world of work and employment relations. Too often there has been a retreat into the study of very small issues and insufficient emphasis on the big picture. The chapters in this volume make a valuable contribution to filling this gap. Most important of all, the book is forward-looking. Ken Mayhew, University of Oxford, UK Charles Whalen has assembled a timely and comprehensive examination of the world of work by a distinguished group of international scholars. Robert B. McKersie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US This book represents a breath of fresh air, provided by many of the most prominent scholars in industrial relations today. It anchors the field to its past, but more importantly highlights pathways to the future. It is indispensable reading, and will form a solid foundation for continued dialogue about new directions for the study of work and employment. Morley Gunderson, University of Toronto, Canada Work and its associated problems are more important to individuals and society than ever before. That is why it is so crucial to re-envision the field of industrial relations (employment relations), which brings together economics, sociology, psychology, history, human resource management, political science, and all other areas of scholarship related to work. This compendium by leading industrial relations scholars makes a vital contribution in that direction. Paula B. Voos, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, US Industrial relations is confronting major challenges. This valuable book deserves a warm welcome since it illustrates and maps a series o

Download or read book Researching the World of Work written by George Strauss and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first on industrial relations research methods, comes at a time when the field of industrial relations is in flux and research strategy has become more complex and varied. Research that once focused on the relationship between labor and management now involves a wider range of issues. This change has raised a number of key questions about how research should be done.The contributors represent four countries and a range of fields, including economics, sociology, psychology, law, history, and industrial relations. They identify distinctive research strategies and suggest approaches that might be appropriate in the future. Among their concerns are the relative value of qualitative and quantitative methods, of using primary and secondary data, and of single versus multimethod techniques.

Download or read book Industrial Relations written by Michael Salamon and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2000 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume has been revised to reflect the inter-relationship between organisational changes in work and industrial relations and the wider economic and social issues. It is illustrated throughout with international examples.

Download or read book Trade Unions in Their Wider Societies written by Detlef Wilhelm Friedrich Bendix and published by Institute of Labour Relations University of South Africa. This book was released on 1979 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Employment Relations in Industrial Society written by J. F. B. Goodman and published by Philip Allan. This book was released on 1984 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook on labour relations in the UK - covers work attitudes, economic implications of employment, the labour market and labour supply, personnel management, trade unions, collective bargaining, labour legislation, human relations, shop stewards, and strikes; includes theoretical exercises and examples of dispute settlement and discipline procedures. Photographs, references, statistical tables.

Download or read book Political Economy of Industrial Relations written by Richard Hyman and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-01-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays attempts to demonstrate how an adequate analysis of trade unions, strikes and collective bargaining must be rooted in a broader understanding of their political and economic context. The second part of the book deals with the central problems of trade unionism.

Download or read book Understanding Work and Employment written by Peter Ackers and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection analyses the contribution of industrial relations to social science understanding.

Download or read book Industrialization As an Agent of Social Change written by Herbert Blumer and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbert Blumer wrote continuously and voluminously, and consequently left a vast array of unpublished work at the time of his death in 1987. This posthumously published volume testifies further to his perceptive analysis of large-scale social organizations and elegant application of symbolic interactionist principles. Blumer's focus on the processual nature of social life and on the significance of the communicative interpretation of social contexts is manifest in his theory of industrialization and social change. His theory entails three major points: industrialization must be seen in processual terms, and the industrialization process is different for different historical periods; the consequences of industrialization are a function of the interpretive nature of human action and resembles a neutral framework within which groups interpret the meaning of industrial relations, and the industrial sector must be viewed in terms of power relations; industrial societies contain inherently conflicting interests. The editors' introductory essay outlines Blumer's metatheoretical stance (symbolic interactionism) and its emphasis on the adjustive character of social life. It places Blumer's theory in the context of contemporary macro theory, including world systems theory, resource dependence theory, and modernization theory. Herbert Blumer (1900-1987), formerly Chairperson, Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, was the theoretical and methodological leader of "symbolic interactionism" and was identified as its foremost proponent for a half-century. His publications include works on industrial relations, research methods, mass society, collective behavior, race relations, and social movements. David R. Maines is chairman of the department of anthropology and sociology at Oakland University. He has worked to articulate an interactionist approach to the study of social organization as well as the fundamental relevance of temporality and communication for sociological analysis. Thomas J. Morrione is Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Colby College and he is currently Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the college. He was a Research Associate (1977, 1985) and Visiting Professor (1984) at the University of California, Berkeley.