Managing your union-free workforce
By: Jamie Knight
Series: A CLV special report; CLV special report series
Publisher: Carswell
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780459277314
Subjects: Direction; Travail; Labor laws and legislation; Personnel; Atelier ouvert et fermé; Droit; Open and closed shop; Personnel management
Description: "Veteran labour lawyer Jamie Knight LL. B. offers some unique and practical insights into surviving in a non-union environment. By studying and applying the key features of a generic collective agreement, non-union managers can make sure a real one isn't necessary. This isn't a how-to book on fighting an organizing drive. It's about managing your employees in a way that makes a union unnecessary - through the application of sound human resources principles and techniques applied in union and non-union firms alike. By applying lessons learned from the unionized sector, HR profesionals can achiev the ultimate goal of sound management practice: a stable and satisfied workforce."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The workplace players; title: 2. The boundaries of human resources management; title: 3. Good human resources management at work; title: 4. Creating a framework; title: 5. Communicating expectations; title: 6. Enforcing standards; title: 7. Encouraging suggestions and complaints; title: 8. Renewal and change.