Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice

FIGURES AND TABLES......Page 7
COMMON ABBREVIATIONS......Page 9
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 13
1 THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS......Page 15
2 THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF BRITISH INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS......Page 51
3 THE LABOUR MARKET: HISTORY, STRUCTURE AND PROSPECTS......Page 72
4 FOREIGN MULTINATIONALS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INNOVATION IN BRITAIN......Page 95
5 THE STATE: ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT AND INCOMES POLICY......Page 119
6 LABOUR LAW AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: A NEW SETTLEMENT?......Page 138
7 MANAGEMENT: SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES AND STRATEGY......Page 171
8 THE MANAGEMENT OF PAY AS THE INFLUENCE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DIMINISHES......Page 203
9 TRADE UNION ORGANIZATION......Page 228
10 EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION: SHOP STEWARDS AND THE NEW LEGAL FRAMEWORK......Page 271
11 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR......Page 299
12 INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS......Page 327
13 NEW FORMS OF WORK ORGANIZATION: STILL LIMITED, STILL CONTROLLED, BUT STILL WELCOME?......Page 352
14 MANAGING WITHOUT UNIONS: THE SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS OF INDIVIDUALISM......Page 382
15 TRAINING......Page 406
16 THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OF A DIVERSE WORKFORCE......Page 434
17 LOW PAY AND THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE......Page 461
18 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN SMALL FIRMS......Page 484
19 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, HRM AND PERFORMANCE......Page 503
20 CONCLUDING COMMENTS......Page 527
INDEX......Page 536