Personnel Review articles from June 1996

Personnel Review archives from June 1996

Muddle in the middle: organizational restructuring and middle management careers.
June 1, 1996... Keywords Careers, Downsizing, Middle management, Rationalization Considers the extent to which one organization through rationalization and redundancy programmes has violated its psychological contracts with its middle manager employees by...

The graduate management trainee preselection interview: candidates' perceptions of the influence of interpersonal and communication factors on the interview outcomes.
June 1, 1996... Keywords Graduates, Interviews, Recruitment, Selection Describes a study which aimed to capture the candidates' perceptions of a graduate employment interview, in particular how the interviewer's manner and ability may affect interview...

Approaches to handling discipline and grievance.(Supervisor and Manager Styles in Handling Discipline and Grievance, part 2)
June 1, 1996... Keywords Discipline, Grievances, Management styles, Procedures Examines the relative influence of a number of factors that can affect the approach (handling style) of a supervisor or manager when dealing with a disciplinary or grievance...

Empowerment, change and information technology: socio-technical design and business process re-engineering.
June 1, 1996... Keywords BPR, Design, Empowerment, Information technology, Organizational change, Sociotechnics Critically reviews and compares the concepts of business process re-engineering (BPR), which has recently addressed the issue of changing...