{"product_id":"markets-firms-and-the-management-of-labour-in-modern-britain-hardback-9780521415279","title":"Markets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain (Hardback) 9780521415279","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMarkets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1992 book examines the development of industrial relations policies in Britain in the twentieth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHoward Gospel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521415279, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 May 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.515 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'This is a compelling account. The breadth of research in primary and secondary sources is impressive. The analysis is intelligent and sound.' Business History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally 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 and industrial relations. The author examines these in the context of the market within which the firm operates, and the strategy, structure and hierarchy of industrial enterprise. The book shows that historically British employers tended to adopt market-based strategies rather than internal ones.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: the management of labour\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Inheritance: 2. Markets, firms, and the management of labour in the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Continuities and Change in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: 3. Markets, firms, and the organisation of production\u003cbr\u003e 4. The evolving employment relationship\u003cbr\u003e 5. Employers, unions, and collective bargaining\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 6. Markets, firms, and the organisation of production\u003cbr\u003e 7. Industrial relations: challenges and responses\u003cbr\u003e 8. Employment relations in the post-war period\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Conclusions: 9. Markets, firms and the management of labour\u003cbr\u003e End notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Labour economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Labour economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Labour%20economics%20%5BKCF%5D%22\"\u003eKCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005319270680,"sku":"9780521415279","price":77.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521415279i_e4de208f-6fda-48a6-88c7-80f7e0febcfd.jpg?v=1691381342","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/markets-firms-and-the-management-of-labour-in-modern-britain-hardback-9780521415279","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}