Changing employment relations in Australia
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Changing employment relations in Australia
Oxford University Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Changing Employment Relations in Australia examines recent developments in industrial relations and human resource management. The core of the book consists of studies of six industries: airlines, automobile manufacturing, banking, information technology, steel and communications. Each chapter consists of industry level analysis as well as detailed studies of individual enterprises. Key areas of change are highlighted and include work organisation, skills development, payment systems, staffing and employment security, and enterprise governance and industrial relations. Discussed are initiatives which have been taken by employers, such as flexible work arrangements, quality and customer orientation, integration of competitive strategy with employment practices, and the decentralisation of bargaining to the enterprise level. The extent to which recent developments in Australian employment relations are new and whether they differ from trends overseas are questioned. What implications these changes have for the future of Australian industry are also explored.
This text will be invaluable for all students and practitioners in human resource management, industrial relations, management, industrial sociology, public policy and administration, and business.
Table of Contents
Foreword. Contributors. Acknowledgments. 1: Jim Kitay: Introduction: Theoretical and Methodical Framework for Six Australian Industry Studies. 2: Mark Bray: The Domestic Airline Industry. 3: Greg Bamber and Russell Lansbury: Employment Relations in the Australian Automotive Industry: A Question of Survival. 4: Jim Kitay and Malcolm Rimmer: Australian Retail Banking: Negotiating Employment Relations Change. 5: Mark Shadur: Employment Relations in the Australian Information Technology Industry. 6: Di Kelly and Elsa Underhill: Australian Steel: A Corporatist Transformation. 7: Greg Bamber, Mark Shadur and Divid Simmons: Change and Continuity of Employment Relations in Australian Telecommunications. 8: Russell Lansbury and Jim Kitay: Conclusion: Towards New Employment Relations - Continuity, Change and Diversity. Index
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