Employment Futures: Reorganization, Dislocation, and Public Policy [Hardcover]

Paul Osterman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 1988 | ISBN-10: 019505279X | ISBN-13: 978-0195052794 | Edition: 1St Edition

American industry, in meeting the challenge of foreign competition, has experienced a paradoxical change in labor relations. On the one hand, firms have stressed worker involvement and commitment; on the other, firms have cut back on employment by laying off workers to save costs and improve profit. This book analyzes these developments and develops a theory of change that is consistent with these phenomena, stressing the government's need to develop public policies that will deal with displaced workers.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1St Edition edition (August 4, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 019505279X
• ISBN-13: 978-0195052794
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,839,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul Osterman is the NTU Professor of Human Resources and Management at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and the Department of Urban Planning, M.I.T.

Osterman's books include: "Good Jobs America: Making Work Better For Everyone" (Russell Sage, 2011); "The Truth About Middle Managers: Who They Are, How They Work, Why They Matter" (Harvard Business School Press, 2008); "Gathering Power: The Future of Progressive Politics In America" (Beacon Press), 2003; "Securing Prosperity: How the American Labor Market Has Changed and What To Do About It" (Princeton University Press, 1999); "Employment Futures: Reorganization, Dislocation, and Public Policy" (Oxford University Press, 1988) and "Getting Started: The Youth Labor Market." (MIT Press, 1978). He is also the co-author of "Working In America; A Blueprint for the New Labor Market"; The "Mutual Gains Enterprise; Forging a Winning Partnership Among Labor, Management, and Government", and "Change At Work", and the editor of two books, "Internal Labor Markets", and "Broken Ladders; Managerial Careers In The New Economy". In addition, he has written numerous academic journal articles and policy issue papers on topics such as the organization of work within firms, labor market policy, and economic development.

Osterman has been a senior administrator of job training programs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and consulted widely to firms, government agencies, foundations, community groups, and public interest organizations. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from M.I.T.