The Power to Manage? - Employers and Industrial Relations in Comparative Historical Perspective (Hardcover, New)

The crucial role of employers and managers in the development of industrial relations has been the focus of much recent research. However, there remains little consensus on key issues such as the determinants of managerial strategies, or employers' contributions to differing national patterns of industrial relations. "The Power to Manage" argues that many of these difficulties stem from the limitations of the theoretical frameworks within which the research has been carried out. Both functionalist and evolutionary perspectives subordinate managerial choices to the pressures of the market or the broader patterns of business development. In consequence, these approaches cannot explain the persistent diversity of employers' labour policies or the prevalence of contradictory and incoherent strategies. Taking the characteristic features of British industrial relations as a point of departure, the contributors to this volume present detailed empirical studies of employer labour policies in a variety of countries. These establish a comparative-historical framework within which the characteristics of British developments can be evaluated and explained. This book should be of interest to ad

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1991
First published:	1992
Editors:	Steven Tolliday • Jonathan Zeitlin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	362
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-02625-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Personnel & human resources management Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > General
LSN:	0-415-02625-3
Barcode:	9780415026253

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