Privatization and Employment Relations
Case of the Water Industry
Published on 22. September 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7201-2214-5 (ISBN)
Description
An exposition of the impact of privatization in the water industry, this book analyzes the restructuring and changing pattern of employment relations. It uses the water industry to explore general principles, showing how commercial pressures have led to work intensification.
An exposition of the impact of privatization in the water industry, this book analyzes the restructuring and changing pattern of employment relations. It uses the water industry to explore general principles, showing how commercial pressures have led to work intensification.
An exposition of the impact of privatization in the water industry, this book analyzes the restructuring and changing pattern of employment relations. It uses the water industry to explore general principles, showing how commercial pressures have led to work intensification.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
abbreviations, refer
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7201-2214-5 (9780720122145)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Privatization and the variability of capitalist employment relations; Albion Water - creation, privatization and regulation; privatization - management strategies and industrial relations; boundaries, contracts and governance - relations between Albion Water and civil engineering firms; variability at the core; the pursuit of flexibility? - reducing labour porosity in the recovery function; organizational change and the commercialization of employment relations; commercialization, rationalization and control; the capitalist employment relation.