New technology : international perspectives on human resources and industrial relations

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New technology : international perspectives on human resources and industrial relations

edited by Greg J. Bamber and Russell D. Lansbury

Unwin Hyman, 1989

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A collection of essays on technological change and its effect on human resources management, which examines industrial relations, employee involvement, social factors to be considered in the introduction of new technology and labour market segregation, among other topics.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Introduction: technological change, industrial relations and human resources management, Russell D.Lansbury and Greg J.Bamber. Part 2 From industrial relations towards human resource management: technological change - American unions and employers in a new era, Everett M.Kassalow
  • collective bargaining and new technology - some preliminary propositions, Thomas A.Kochan and Boaz Tamir. Part 3 Towards industrial democracy and employee involvement: co-determination and technological change in the German automobile industry, Greg J.Bamber and Russell D.Lansbury
  • worker participation in decisions on technological change in Australia, Ed Davis and Russell D.Lansbury
  • employee involvement and worker perceptions of new technology in North America, Anil Verma and Wilfred Zerbe
  • technological participation - options and constraints in human resource management and industrial relations, Peter Cressey and Vittorio Di Martino. Part 4 Managing change and the socio-technical approach: social factors in the introduction of new technology - a Scandinavian case study, Gert Graversen
  • human resource management and the socio-technical approach, Frank Heller. Part 5 Gender, structural change, skills and labour market segmentation: technological change and women workers, Rose Marie Greve
  • new technology, economic progress and employment in Sweden, Anders Backstrom
  • new technologies - skills "mismatch" and the challenges ahead, Hedva Sarfati and Margaret Cove. Appendix: model new technology agreement.

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