Privatization and Employment Relations
Case of the Water Industry
Published on 28. October 1993
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-7201-2150-6 (ISBN)
Description
Deals with the restructuring and changing pattern of employment relations in one of Britain's newly privatized water companies. The text analyzes the impact of privatization on work organization and employment relations, using the water industry as a case study to explore general principles.
Deals with the restructuring and changing pattern of employment relations in one of Britain's newly privatized water companies. The text analyzes the impact of privatization on work organization and employment relations, using the water industry as a case study to explore general principles.
Deals with the restructuring and changing pattern of employment relations in one of Britain's newly privatized water companies. The text analyzes the impact of privatization on work organization and employment relations, using the water industry as a case study to explore general principles.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cengage Learning EMEA
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7201-2150-6 (9780720121506)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Privatisation and the variability of capitalist employment relations; albion water - creation, privatisation and regulation; privatisation - management strategies and industrial relations; boundaries, contracts and governance - relations between albion and civil engineering firms; variability at the core; the pursuit of flexibility? Reducing labour porosity in the recovery function; organisational change and the commercialisation of employment relations; commercialisation, rationalisation and control; the capitalist employment relation.