Industrial relations to human resources and beyond : the evolving process of employee relations management / Bruce E. Kaufman, Richard A. Beaumont, Roy B. Helfgott, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufman, Bruce E.

Contributor:

Beaumont, Richard A.

Helfgott, Roy B.

Industrial Relations Counselors, inc.

Series:

Issues in work and human resources

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management--United States--History.

Personnel management.

Industrial relations--United States--History.

Industrial relations.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xii, 532 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2003]

Contents:

Section I. The Early Stages of Welfare Capitalism and the Birth of IRC and Human Resource Management

2. The United States in the 1920s: Breaking with European Traditions / Roy B. Helfgott 19

3. Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc.: Its History and Significance / Bruce E. Kaufman 31

Section II. History and Development of Human Resource Management

4. The Quest for Cooperation and Unity of Interest in Industry / Bruce E. Kaufman 115

5. A Century of Human Resource Management / Sanford M. Jacoby 147

6. Employee Benefits and Social Insurance: The Welfare Side of Employee Relations / John F. Burton, Jr., Daniel J.B. Mitchell 172

7. Incentives and Structure: Development of Pay Practices in the Twentieth Century / Daniel J.B. Mitchell 220

8. Advancing Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity, and Employee Rights: Good Will, Good Management, and Legal Compulsion / Jonathan S. Leonard 258

9. Voice in the North American Workplace: From Employee Representation to Employee Involvement / Daphne G. Taras 293

10. Industrial Relations in the Global Economy / Morley Gunderson, Anil Verma 330

11. Toward Collaborative Interdependence: A Century of Change in the Organization of Work / Paul S. Adler 353

Section III. Human Resource Management in the Twenty-First Century

12. HR Today and Tomorrow: Organizational Strategy in Global Companies / Richard A. Beaumont, Carlton D. Becker, Sydney R. Robertson 403

13. Selected HR Issues / William N. Brown, Geoffrey W. Latta, Roderick O. Mullett 418

14. Challenge and Balance / Richard A. Beaumont 448

15. In Conclusion: Transiting from the Past to the Future / Richard A. Beaumont 465.

Notes:

The essays in this volume were commissioned in honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc. (IRC) and were intended for delivery on Sept. 11, 2001 at Princeton at a commemorative symposium which was suspended.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-510) and index.

ISBN:

0765612054

OCLC:

50548714