Employee Relations in the Public Services: Themes and Issues

by Susan Corby (Editor), Geoff White (Editor)

Overview

Almost a fifth of all employees work in the public sector. Employees working in the civil service, NHS, local government, education, the police and fire services also represent a large and growing body of students taking degree courses at universities. Exploring this important and rapidly changing area, this book outlines the main developments in the public sector since 1979, including topical issues such as the rise of new public management, decentralisation and contracting out. Themes which currently affect public sector employees are examined, including:

* decentralization
* contracting out
* fragmentation and the growth of individualism in the employment contract.

This stimulating, up-to-date and intellectually rigorous text is thematic, rather than sector specific, and reflects the way this subject is taught in a range of courses. It will complement alternative texts in this area and will be a valuable resource for students of public policy, public sector management, human resource management, employee and industrial relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134687015
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/22/2002
Series:	Routledge Studies in Employment Relations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	519 KB

About the Author

Susan Corby , Geoff White

Table of Contents

1. From the New Right to New Labour Susan Corby and Geoff White 2. The economic and financial context: The Shrinking state Jean Shaoul 3. The legal context: Public or private? Sandra Fredman 4. The remuneration of public servants: Fair pay or new pay Geoff White 5. Equal opportunities: Fair shares for all? Susan Corby 6. Employment flexibility: Push or pull? Ariane Hegewisch 7. Tendering and outsourcing: Working in the contract state Trevor Colling 8. Quality Management: A new form of control? Miguel Martinez Lucio and Robert MacKenzie 9. Personnel Managers: Managing to change Stephen Bach 10. Trade Unions: The challenge of individualism Hamish Mathieson and Susan Corby

Editorial Reviews

Considers key aspects of public service people management in the British public sector, looking at areas such as pay, equal opportunities, flexibility, competitive tendering, and quality, in the context of dramatic financial, legal, and structural developments. Highlights both the unique features that make the public sector such a vital area of study and the degree to which employee relations have increasingly mirrored private sector practice. Subjects include pay for public servants, personnel managers, and trade unions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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