This book explores the reasons for persistent differences in work practices both within and between industries. The authors found that the strategy that a firm chooses to follow often determines the kind of work practices it fosters. Therefore a firm may not adopt the approach now advocated by many management thinkers--in which decision-making is pushed down to the lowest level of the firm--because this choice may not be consistent with its competitive strategy. The authors discuss the ways that public policy can aid workers without subverting the strategic choices made by firms.
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"The detailed industry descriptions are a benchmark for future researchers, and the authors have done a particularly fine job of documenting the current state of HR practices in the industries' core jobs. This groundwork should be of value in future efforts to understand how strategy and HR practices are linked--or why they are not."Industrial and Labor Relations Review
"There is much useful comparative material here, both for the more advanced student and for the HR specialist."--European Management Journal
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Peter Cappelli is at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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The purpose of this chapter is to describe the sources and consequences of variation in human resource (HR) practices in the minimill sector of the U.S. steel industry. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
minimill plants, platform employees, minimill sector, minimill industry, involvement work practices, assembly plant study, unionized mills, platform jobs, bundle system, shop floor layout, call center employees, involvement index, steel minimills, new work practices, modular production, labor cost reduction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Quick Response, New York, Bell Atlantic, North America, Academy of Management, John Paul, Big Three, Birmingham Steel, Oxford University Press, Pacific Telesis, Department of Labor, National Bank, Continental European, Wharton School, American Apparel Manufacturers Association, Brookings Papers, Economic Activity, Financial Bank, Paul Osterman, American Metal Market, Bank Administration Institute, Basic Books, Cambridge University Press, Contingent Employees New!
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The purpose of this chapter is to describe the sources and consequences of variation in human resource (HR) practices in the minimill sector of the U.S. steel industry. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
minimill plants, platform employees, minimill sector, minimill industry, involvement work practices, assembly plant study, unionized mills, platform jobs, bundle system, shop floor layout, call center employees, involvement index, steel minimills, new work practices, modular production, labor cost reduction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Quick Response, New York, Bell Atlantic, North America, Academy of Management, John Paul, Big Three, Birmingham Steel, Oxford University Press, Pacific Telesis, Department of Labor, National Bank, Continental European, Wharton School, American Apparel Manufacturers Association, Brookings Papers, Economic Activity, Financial Bank, Paul Osterman, American Metal Market, Bank Administration Institute, Basic Books, Cambridge University Press, Contingent Employees New!
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- Industrial Relations: Emerging Paradigms by B.D. Singh on page 189, and page 191
- The Apparel Industry by Richard Jones on page 42
- The Functions of the Executive: 30th Anniversary Edition by Chester I. Barnard on page 149
- Human Resource Management by Cynthia Fisher on page 213
- Unions and Economic Competitiveness: Economic Policy Institute (Economic Policy Institute Series) by Lawrence Mishel on page 103
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- Strategic Human Resource Management: A Guide to Action by Michael Armstrong in Back Matter
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