Employee Relations articles from May 1996

Employee Relations archives from May 1996

Employee relations in Singapore - current issues and problems.
May 1, 1996... Introduction In the 1960s and early 1970s, unemployment was the major economic problem in Singapore, which became an independent nation in 1965 after a short-lived merger with Malaysia. An extensive industrialization programme was introduced...

Competitive tendering in NHS catering: a suitable policy? (National Health Service)
May 1, 1996... This article attempts to evaluate the policy of competitive tendering for ancillary services in the NHS, by reference to a number of case studies of catering services. The aim of the policy will be examined and the assumptions about the...

Strategic Prospects for HRM.
May 1, 1996... Tyson's Strategic Prospects for HRM is designed as a textbook for students on MBA or Masters' courses and to inform those professionally involved in strategic people management. At present, this market is well filled with British and American...

Human Safety and Risk Management.
May 1, 1996... The urge for more integration between theorist and practitioner is ever strong. By encouraging occupational and applied psychologists to adopt more strategic and holistic approaches to the area of human safety and risk management and helping...

Negotiation as a Social Process.
May 1, 1996... This collection of articles deals with some of the cognitive processes that are involved (for better or for worse) in negotiation, and points to the importance of understanding the complex interaction between the social context and negotiation...

Trade Unions in British Today.
May 1, 1996... The nineteenth-century radical northern politicians and writers in England used to assert: "What Manchester thinks today, London does tomorrow". Perhaps in the current state of British industrial relations and politics, even the...

The New Employment Contract: Using Employment Contracts Effectively.
May 1, 1996... The successful implementation of an organization's human resource strategy will owe much to the design and content of its employment contracts. In recent years, many employers have developed employment policies which emphasize the need for...