Synopsis
"The case study format provides selected details of the
interplay between HRM and technical change and offers some
insights into HRM practices in the United Kingdom."
--Industrial and Labor Relations Review
"This is a well-coordinated effort in which each of the
contributors has, unusually, read the work of the others and
there is a considerable degree of cross referencing between
them. Jon Clark contributes his own case study and, as editor,
a thoughtful introduction and a conclusion which pulls the
threads together and teases out the theoretical and practical
implications."
--Work, Employment, and Society
"The publication. . .is remarkable not only for the speed with
which it was produced but also for the coherence and
integration of it. This integration is achieved not only
through the editor′s valuable introduction and insightful
conclusion to the nine different contributions but also
through the explicit attempt by the authors to utilise
findings from their own research. . . .
--Sheila Rothwell, Henley Management College, Human Resources
Management Journal
Technical change is a fact of modern organizational life,
inevitably impacting--to a greater or lesser extent--upon
human resource management. This volume provides the first
systematic analysis of the relations between technical change
and human resource management. Contributors to this impressive
volume explore such salient questions as: Is technical change
within work organizations still seen largely as a technical
matter in which there is no established role for the personnel
specialist or human resource manager? Does it present
particular opportunities or constraints in the management of
personnel? To what extent are organization and job design,
total quality management, teamwork, skills training, and
employee involvement central or marginal to technical change?
And, do non-union firms behave differently from unionized ones
in relation to technical change? In this volume, contributors
provide answers and offer innovative solutions to these and
other questions arising from the rapid technological change
within organizations.
Replete with actual case studies from a variety of
organizational settings, Human Resource Management and
Technical Change will be of interest to students and
professionals in human resource management, organizational
behavior, industrial relations, and general management
studies.
About the Author
Jon Clark is Professor of Industrial Relations in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton.
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