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Human Resource Management in a Business Context, 3rd edition by Alan Price
Human Resource Management in a Business Context provides an international focus on the theory and practice
of people management. A thorough and comprehensive overview of all the key aspects of HRM, including articles from HRM Guide and other sources,
key concepts, review questions and case studies for discussion and analysis.
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(...) In recent years large organizations in free-market
countries have attempted to move away from traditional industrial relations mechanisms. The focus
has switched to individual rather than collective bargaining. this may take place through:
the introduction of personal contracts, allowing employees to offer pay increases to staff
willing to accept such contracts but not to workers wishing to remain as union members;
organizational change methods such as team briefings, where managers cascade information
throughout the organization by means of a series of meetings (usually on a monthly basis) and
also collect ideas and criticisms at the same meetings to be funneled upwards;
quality circles, which have served to circumvent the traditional union role by emphasising
direct dialogue between staff and line management on the subject of improving procedures.
Pages 380 - 385 of Human Resource Management in a Business Context provide a further discussion,
focusing on business partnerships.
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