Markets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain

by Howard Gospel and Howard F. Gospel

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521426863
• ISBN13: 9780521426862
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"