1st Edition
Employee Relations in the Public Services Themes and Issues
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Almost a fifth of all employees work in the public sector. Employees working in the civil service, NHS, local government, education, the police and fire services also represent a large and growing body of students taking degree courses at universities. Exploring this important and rapidly changing area, this book outlines the main developments in the public sector since 1979, including... Read more
1. From the New Right to New Labour Susan Corby and Geoff White 2. The economic and financial context: The Shrinking state Jean Shaoul 3. The legal context: Public or private? Sandra Fredman 4. The remuneration of public servants: Fair pay or new pay Geoff White 5. Equal opportunities: Fair shares for all? Susan Corby 6. Employment flexibility: Push or pull? Ariane Hegewisch 7. Tendering and outsourcing: Working in the contract state Trevor Colling 8. Quality Management: A new form of control? Miguel Martinez Lucio and Robert MacKenzie 9. Personnel Managers: Managing to change Stephen Bach 10. Trade Unions: The challenge of individualism Hamish Mathieson and Susan Corby
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Susan Corby , Geoff White
