Managing Employment Change: The New Realities of Work
Beynon, HuwAuthor
Rubery, JillContributor
Grimshaw, DamianContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2002.
This title draws on seven case studies of large organisations to examine how they have managed and adapted to changing conditions of employment shaped by the economic and political environment.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This title draws on seven case studies of large organisations to examine how they have managed and adapted to changing conditions of employment shaped by the economic and political environment.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction --Part I Managing Employment Change in a -- Shifting Environment --1 Understanding Change at Work 7 --2 Seven Case Studies: An Introduction 37 --3 Patterns of Work and Labour 70 --Part II Innovation in Employment Practices --4 Dimensions of Employment Change 109 --5 Staffing the Organization: -- New Patterns of Entry and Exit 130 --6 Bridging the Skills Gap? -- New Training Provision and Work Organization 170 --7 The End of Standard Working Time? 203 -- Part III The Costs of Change --8 Drawing Together the Threads: A Question of -- Labour Costs and Work Intensification 233 --9 Work Intensification and Forms of Control 262 --Conclusion Managing Employment Change: -- Who's Managing What? 297.
Management
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