Managing Employment Change: The New Realities of Work

by Huw Beynon, Damian Grimshaw, Jill Rubery, Kevin Ward

Overview

This book looks at how large organizations have managed and adapted to changing conditions of employment shaped by the recent economic and political environment. Additional data are presented based on evidence from other significant actors such as agency employment firms and trade unions. The book also engages with important North American debates on the changing nature of work, careers, and employment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199248704
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/23/2002
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

University of Cardiff

both at Manchester School of Management, UMIST

University of Manchester

Table of Contents

List of BoxesList of TablesList of FiguresIntroductionPart I: Managing Employment Change in a Shifting Environment1. Understanding Change at Work2. Seven Case Studies: An Introduction3. Patterns of Work and LabourPart II: Innovation in Employment Practices4. Dimensions of Employment Change5. Staffing the Organization: New Patterns of Entry and Exit6. Bridging the Skills Gap? New Training Provision and Work Organization7. The End of Standard Working Time?Part III: The Costs of Change8. Drawing Together the Threads: A Question of Labour Costs and Work Intensification9. Work Intensification and Forms of ControlConclusion: Managing Employment Change: Who's Managing What? Appendices References Index