Authored by a well-respected team in labor relations, this text covers key topics in industrial relations and collective bargaining using a unique conceptual framework based on the three levels of industrial relations activity (strategic, functional, and workplace). Two extensive, class-tested mock-bargaining exercises are included. International and comparative labor relations are both integrated throughout and receive full chapter treatment. The text extensively discusses recent reorganizations in the process and outcome of bargaining, including detailed treatment of the participatory process.
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Alexander J. S. Colvin is Associate Professor, Labor Studies and Industrial Relations, Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1999 and his LL.B. from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1992. His current research includes examination of the impact of restructuring in the telecommunications industry on the work organization and employment conditions of employees and managers.
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I liked this book. It was a well wriiten text with minimal typos which I found to be uncommon lately. All the key terms were bold throughout the reading and easy to find. It also has a dictionary in the back for key terms which many newer text books no longer have. If you are looking for information fast, this is the book for you! Very easy to use!
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Not well suited as an introductory learning text,
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This book was the required reading for an introductory class to the subject of industrial relations and collective bargaining. Experienced in the business world, I found this text difficult at best to follow, especially in terms of an historical time-line. I found the material extremely fragmented in presentation, seemingly jumping from one focus to another. It was a challenge to associate the context with the section headers, as the flow was not comfortably predictable. The text often assumes a prerequisite of knowledge that I didn't expect of introductory course material. The book also introduces terminoloy (often in bold text) and concepts upon which it never elaborates. Overall, I did not find the text supportive to learning. I relied heavily on online resources to fill in the gaps in order to pass the course.
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The key participants (or parties) involved in the process of industrial relations are management, labor, and government. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
strike leverage, new industrial relations system, fixturing work, employment security programs, competitive menaces, interest arbitration, union wage effect, industrial relations activity, contract zone, labor relations staff, public sector bargaining, strike outcome, bargaining unit work, public sector collective bargaining, intraorganizational bargaining, management negotiators, industrial relations pattern, election unit, public sector labor relations, other employment conditions, conventional arbitration, concessionary bargaining, member mobilization, participatory pattern, nonunion sector Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The key participants (or parties) involved in the process of industrial relations are management, labor, and government. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
strike leverage, new industrial relations system, fixturing work, employment security programs, competitive menaces, interest arbitration, union wage effect, industrial relations activity, contract zone, labor relations staff, public sector bargaining, strike outcome, bargaining unit work, public sector collective bargaining, intraorganizational bargaining, management negotiators, industrial relations pattern, election unit, public sector labor relations, other employment conditions, conventional arbitration, concessionary bargaining, member mobilization, participatory pattern, nonunion sector Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Daily Labor Report, Supreme Court, New Deal, Labor Relations Review, Bureau of National Affairs, Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Act, Railway Labor Act, Kaiser Permanente, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Cornell University, Circuit City, United Airlines, Civil Rights Act, General Motors, National Labor Relations Board, Basic Books, End Notes, San Francisco, American Airlines, Sloan School of Management, David Lewin, United Mine Workers New!
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- Collective Bargaining by Neil W. Chamberlain on 4 pages
- Public Sector Labor Relations by David Lewin on 4 pages
- Dispute Resolution: Negotiating, Mediation, and Other Processes by Stephen B. Golberg on page 236, page 237, and page 299
- Industrial Relations Systems (Harvard Business School Press Classics) by John T. Dunlop in Front Matter, page 16, and page 96
- The Transformation of American Industrial Relations (ILR paperback) by Thomas A. Kochan in Front Matter, page 16, and page 323
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- Emerging Systems for Managing Workplace Conflict: Lessons from American Corporations for Managers and Dispute Resolution Professionals by David B. Lipsky in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Contemporary Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector (Industrial Relations Research Association) by Paula B. Voos on page 179, and page 221
- After Lean Production: Evolving Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry (Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports) by Thomas A. Kochan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Management: The Basics by Morgen Witzel on page 97
- The New Structure of Labor Relations: Tripartism and Decentralization by Harry C. Katz in Back Matter
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