From attempts to control inflation in the 1970s, through the reforms of the Thatcher years, to the rise and fall of New Labour, this book shows how different theories and conceptual models have been critical to the development of industrial relations in the UK.
From attempts to control inflation in the 1970s, through the reforms of the Thatcher years, to the rise and fall of New Labour, this book shows how di...
Most theoretical approaches to industrial relations and human resources management (IR/HRM) build their analyses and policy prescriptions on one of two foundational assumptions. They assume either that conflict between workers and employers is the natural and inevitable state of affairs; or that under normal circumstances cooperation is what employers can and should expect from workers.
Marxists, for example, argue that the attitudes and behaviour of the members of organizations ultimately derive from the wage relation and the exploitation inherent in the extraction of...
Most theoretical approaches to industrial relations and human resources management (IR/HRM) build their analyses and policy prescriptions on one of tw...
