Employment Relations - Softcover

Rose, Mr Ed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201342995 ISBN 13: 9780201342994

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2000

Synopsis

This brand new book designed for undergraduate students who study employment/industrial relations modules on a variety of business studies and social science degrees and is appropriate for IPD qualifications at postgraduate and professional levels. Rose provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of UK employment relations and how it is influenced by developments in the European Union and by New Labour policies. The text considers the institutions, processes, policies and practices relating to the subject area and covers the changing role of the 'traditional' actors such as employers, trade unions and the state.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Aimed at undergraduate, CIPD and post-graduate students and independent learners this exciting new comprehensive text is essential for those approaching Employment Relations for the first time. Written in a lively and engaging "activity-based learning" approach the book is structured around themes of change, continuity, policies and practices. It debates the change of demography of the work place, new technologies and the proliferation of HRM practices. It examines the continuity of the collective voice within traditional industrial relations to discover whether it is entering a period of re-adjustment and consolidation. Later chapters concentrate on policies and practices and encourage students to practise the skills needed by practitioners.
Key Features-
· Provides a clear explanation of the historical context and current issues in employment relations to ensure a comprehensive introduction to the subject.
· An "activity-based learning" approach - students not only read about concepts, but also learn how to apply what they have learned in practice by engaging in the various practical examples and exercises that are integrated throughout the text.
· Numerous short cases contextualise the theory.
· Theories and concepts are drawn from a range of social science disciplines such as economics, sociology, political science and psychology to provide students with an understanding of the integrated nature of the subject.

·A solid pedagogical framework helps to develop analytical and summarising skills and to guide student learning. Features include learning objectives, questions, summaries, examples and self-evaluation activities

List of contents-
1. The Nature and Context of Employment Relations
2. Employers and the Management of Industrial Relations
3. Trade Unions and Industrial Relations
4. Government Policy and Industrial Relations
5. The New Industrial and Workplace Relations
6. Collective Bargaining in Britain
7. Industrial Action and Employee Participation
8. In the Absence of Unions
9. Negotiation and negotiating Skills
10. Discipline and Grievance- Incorporating an Overview of Individual Employment Law
11. Discrimination Within the Employment Relationship
12. Unfair Dismissal, Redundancy and Tribunal Procedure
13. Conclusion- All Change?
Ed Rose is a senior lecturer in Employment Relations in the Business School at Liverpool John Moores University. He is currently researching employment relations issues within call centres.

Edition details

• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201342995
• ISBN 13: 9780201342994
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 720