Managing the Human Factor(1st Edition) The Early Years of Human Resource Management in American Industry by BruceE. Kaufman Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2008 by Ilr Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-4227-8, ISBN: 0-8014-4227-3
"Human resource departments are key components in the people management system of nearly every medium-to-large organization in the industrial world. They provide a wide range of essential services relating to employees, including recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, and labor relations. A century ago, however, before the concept of human resource management had been invented, the supervision and care of employees at even the la ..."
"Widely regarded as the best, most comprehensive text available for the in-depth study of labor market theories, The Economics of Labor Markets, 6e calls upon excellent pedagogical elements and empirical research to introduce students to labor economics. The authors' balanced approach to the material enables students to gain an understanding of the background of the field as they explore its latest developments and unique topics not cov ..."
"Reflecting the perspectives of disciplines ranging from labor economics to organizational sociology to industrial psychology, the papers included in volume 9 constitute a rich mix of new and unusual research approaches to and findings about important contemporary industrial relations and workplace topics. Among the topics represented in these papers are the evolution of worker attitudes at Mitsubishi Motors, pay satisfaction and skill a ..."
"Bruce Kaufman provides a detailed exploration of the historical development of the field of industrial relations. He identifies two distinct schools of thought evident since the field's origins in the 1920s, one centered in the study of personnel management and the other in the study of institutional labor economics. The two schools advocate contrasting approaches to the resolution of labor problems. Kaufman traces their development fro ..."
" One of the best-known and most-quoted books ever written on labor unions is What Do Unions Do? by Richard Freeman and James Medoff. Published in 1984, the book proved to be a landmark because it provided the most comprehensive and statistically sophisticated empirical portrait of the economic and socio-political effects of unions, and a provocative conclusion that unions are on balance beneficial for the economy and society. The pre ..."
"'This is an excellent book. Bruce Kaufman, in his ever thoughtful way, has not just analyzed the history of the development of HRM, but assembled 17 chapters in which world-class local experts report on that history in their own country. The book is full of fascinating information, stories and analysis and will be a touchstone text for everyone wanting to break out of the usual narrow ethnocentric view that often afflicts studies of HRM ..."
"The National War Labor Board; Stability, SocialJustice, and the Voluntary State in
World War I. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ... Fine, Sidney. 1963
. The Automobile Under the Blue Eagle: Labor Management and the Automobile
Manufacturing Code. ... The Making of the National Labor Relations Board: A
Study in Economics, Politics, and the Law. ... Labor 's Great War: The Struggle for
Industrial Democracy and the Orig ..."
"Ever since the emergence of industrial relations as a field in the late 1920s, three different approaches to labor problems have been focal points for research and debate, according to Bruce E. Kaufman. What he refers to as "employers' solutions" involve personnel management; workers rely on unionism and collective bargaining; and the third component, the community, depends on government regulation in the form of protective labor legisl ..."
Employee Representation(1st Edition) Alternatives and Future Directions (LERA Research Volumes) by BruceE. Kaufman, Morris M. Kleiner Paperback, 408 Pages, Published 1993 by Ilr Press ISBN-13: 978-0-913447-56-7, ISBN: 0-913447-56-0
"GAO/T-HRD-92-15. Giersch, H. 1990. "Lessons from West Germany." Paper
presented to OECD Conference on the Transition to a Market Economy in Central
and Eastern Europe. Gustavsen, Bjorn, and Gerry Hunnius. 1981. New Patterns
of Work Reform: The Case of Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Hanami, T. 1987
. "Conflict Resolution in Industrial Relations." In T. Hanami and R. Blanpain
Industrial Conflict Resolution in Market Economies. De ..."
"Widely regarded as the best, most comprehensive text available for the in-depth study of labour market theories, this textbook calls upon excellent pedagogical elements, current events, and recent empirical research to introduce students to labour economics. The author's balanced approach to the material enables students to gain an understanding of the background of the field as they explore its latest developments and unique topics not ..."
Hired Hands or Human Resources?(1st Edition) Case Studies of HRM Programs and Practices in Early American Industry by BruceE. Kaufman Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2009 by Ilr Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-4830-0, ISBN: 0-8014-4830-1
"In a companion volume to Managing the Human Factor, also from Cornell, Bruce E. Kaufman shows how American firms transitioned from the traditional "hired hand" model of human resource management (HRM) to the modern "human resources" version popular today. Kaufman illuminates through fifteen detailed case studies the structure and operation of HRM programs and practices across a diverse range of American business firms spanning the fifty ..."
"In Bruce E. Kaufman and Morris M. Kleiner, eds., Employee Representation:
Alternatives and New Directions. ... In Kate Bronfenbrenner, Sheldon Friedman,
Richard W. Hurd, Rudy Oswald, and Ronald L. Seeber, eds., Organizing to Win.
Ithaca ... Freedman, Audrey. The New Look in Wage Policy and Employee
Relations. New York: Conference Board, 1985. Freeman, Richard B., and Joel
Rogers. What Workers Want. Ithaca, N.Y: ILR Press, 1999. GMB ..."
"In the last decade, nonunion employee representation (NER) has become a much discussed topic in the fields of human resource management, employment relations, and employment/labor law. This book examines the purpose, structure, and performance of various types of employee representation bodies created by companies in non-union settings to promote collective forums for voice and involvement at the workplace. This unique volume presents ..."
"In the last decade, nonunion employee representation (NER) has become a much discussed topic in the fields of human resource management, employment relations, and employment/labor law. This book examines the purpose, structure, and performance of various types of employee representation bodies created by companies in non-union settings to promote collective forums for voice and involvement at the workplace. This unique volume presents ..."
"This collection examines the evolution of the philosophy and practice of human resource management (HRM) and industrial relations (IR) over the twentieth century. By combining history, contemporary practice, and future trends, these well-known experts present both scholarly and practitioner perspectives. Drawing on in-depth interviews and surveys with HRM executives at leading corporations, the contributors explore key trends and issues ..."