Markets, firms, and the management of labour in modern Britain / Howard F. Gospel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gospel, Howard F., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in management ; 17.

Cambridge studies in management ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Personnel management.

Personnel management--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Industrial relations--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Industrial relations.

Industrial relations--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Markets, Firms & the Management of Labour in Modern Britain

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1992, this book examines the development of employers' human resource management and industrial relations policies in Britain. It adopts a broad historical perspective, beginning with the inheritance from the nineteenth century and ending with an analysis of human resource management policies. It focuses on how managers organise the employment relationship, how they control work relations, and how they deal with trade unions and industrial relations. The author examines these in the context of the market within which the firm operates, and the strategy, structure and hierarchy of industrial enterprise. The book shows that historically British employers tended to adopt market-based strategies rather than internal ones.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-246) and index.

ISBN:

0-511-58239-0

0-511-00239-4