1st Edition

Employment Relations in the Health Service

By Stephen Bach Copyright 2004
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Employment relations within the health sector have undergone radical reform over recent years. This book is an important new study that examines the responses of managers and workers to these different reforms, at both national and local level. Bringing together analyses of both employment relations and public sector management, the book focuses on understanding why certain initiatives have... Read more
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE GOVERNANCE OF HEALTH SERVICE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS; Chapter 3 REFORMING NHS MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; Chapter 4 PAY BARGAINING REFORM; Chapter 5 STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE AT THE WORKPLACE; Chapter 6 EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS: PERFORMANCE, UNION INFLUENCE AND EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT; Chapter 7 THE MANAGEMENT OF PAY; Chapter 8 THE MANAGEMENT OF WORK; Chapter 9 CONCLUSIONS; References; Index;

Biography

Stephen Bach is Reader in Employment Relations and Management at King's College, London.