Managing Employment Change The New Realities of Work

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

• ISBN13: 9780199248704
• ISBN10: 0199248702
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Damian Grimshaw is Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST, and Acting Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre.

Table of Contents

List of Boxes	ix
List of Tables	x
List of Figures	x
Introduction	1	(6)
Part I Managing Employment Change in a Shifting Environment
Understanding Change at Work	7	(30)
Seven Case Studies: An Introduction	37	(33)
Patterns of Work and Labour	70	(39)
Part II Innovation in Employment Practices
Dimensions of Employment Change	109	(21)
Staffing the Organization: New Patterns of Entry and Exit	130	(40)
Bridging the Skills Gap? New Training Provision and Work Organization	170	(33)
The End of Standard Working Time?	203	(30)
Part III The Costs of Change
Drawing Together the Threads: A Question of Labour Costs and Work Intensification	233	(29)
Work Intensification and Forms of Control	262	(35)
Conclusion Managing Employment Change: Who's Managing What?	297	(22)
Appendices	319	(3)
References	322	(13)
Index	335