Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Processes [Hardcover]

John A Fossum (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072483490 | ISBN-13: 978-0072483499 | Publication Date: October 3, 2001 | Edition: 8

John Fossum's Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Processes discusses the history and development of labor relations, the structure of union organizations, union organizing and union avoidance, bargaining issues, and the process of negotiations and contract administration. As a result of decreasing union membership over the last twenty years, more material in the book addresses employee relations in nonunion organizations including examples of both cooperative and adversarial relationships.

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About the Author

John Fossum received his PhD from Michigan State University. He is an established author in the labor relations/personnel area. He is currently a full professor and the director of the Industrial Relations Center at the University of Minnesota.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 624 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 8 edition (October 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072483490
• ISBN-13: 978-0072483499
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,749,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible Reading, April 21, 2005

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Sundevil Mangager "sundevil manager" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Processes (Hardcover)

My teacher assigned this book for my Labor Relations course and I wish he picked out a better book. The definitions are awful and you have to read them like 3 times until you fully understand what information the book is trying to provide. There was one part that really made me think that this book was thrown together in a couple of minutes. One sentence in this book stated that, "Southwest airlines was not unionized." My aviation management teacher saw something wrong with this statement because Southwest is heavily unionized. I think the author had a particular issue in his life and was trying to smurf it off in his book. This book is definately not for beginning students, unless you have time to decifer what the author is trying to say..... I could talk more about how terrible this book is, but I think you get the point
P.S. There were some really bad run on sentences in this book

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst textbooks around, March 27, 2005

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lucastam "t" (phoenix,az) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Processes (Hardcover)

Normally I don't have problems reading the texts schools use but this one is the worst book I've ever had to read. My instructor provided outlines of each chapter that were provided by the author. Without those I would not have been able to make heads or tails of this book.The author needs to ake this book less dry and more learning friendly.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dry Reading, January 26, 2003

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This review is from: Labor Relations: Development, Structure and Process (Hardcover)

Sometimes books can't help but to cover dry material. This book does not excell past being extremely dry. The book is well documented, thorough, and comprehensive. The eight edition is aesthically pleasing, but still does not seem to achieve the ability to make itself an easy read. I would highly recommend another book for this study, or using this one as background information for study.