... an invitation to take part in a long-running survey of working life – the Skills and Employment Survey. The survey takes much longer to complete, is carried out face-to-face and is based on random probability principles. Design/methodology/approach To be content-comparable, the quiz uses tried and tested...

... management (HRM) practices. Design/methodology/approach A repeated survey of heads of Russian manufacturing plants of western MNCs was implemented. The same respondents aswered the similar questions in 2014 and in 2016. Findings The current evolution of HRM arrangements in the Russian manufacturing...

...David Collins Lashley   Conrad . Empowerment: HR Strategies for Service Excellence . Oxford : Butterworth‐Heinemann   2001 . 300 pp. , ISBN: 0 7506 5244 6 (pbk)   £19.99 © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Empowerment Surveys Hospitality management This book...

...Paul Thompson Neil   Millward , Alex   Bryson and John   Forth . All Change at Work? British Employment Relations 1980‐98, Portrayed by the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey Series . London : Routledge   2000 . 288 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 0‐415‐20634‐0   £20 (pbk) ©...

...Edmund Heery Performance‐related pay schemes which link salary to the result of an individual appraisal of performance in the job, have spread extensively over the past ten years. Draws on a national survey of trade unions and survey and case study data from local governement to examine the extent...

... and the extent to which they should welcome initiatives from the EU, such as the EWC Directive. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Collective Bargaining Employers Europe European Commission Surveys Trade Unions United Kingdom Works councils One of the consequences of Britain′s decision to join the EEC...

...Harriet Bradley Assesses the future for unions in terms of sectional, attitudinal and behavioural divisions among their membership. Data are drawn from a survey of 200 employees of five organizations carried out in the north east of England in 1992‐93. Develops a typology of different groups among...

...Tim Morris; Paul Willman Reports the results of a repeat survey on the financial performance and management of TUC affiliated unions. Data are available for 1989 and 1993, covering income, expenditure, the management of investments and wealth. Unions remain in a precarious financial position...

... Questionnaires Surveys Trade Unions United Kingdom You can drive a bus through the gaps in this agreement and we′ll do just that as and when we need to. [British manager at “Company A”; a Japanese transplant with a new style agreement.] When it comes to dealing with unions, all managers have...

... sector to illustrate this argument. Firm‐based surveys and interviews with managers, local union officials and employer association representatives in two case study areas highlight the importance of local workplace cultures and institutional traditions in shaping the contemporary restructuring...

...Adrian Wilkinson; Tom Redman; Ed Snape Looks at Quality Management (QM) and its extent of success or failure. Presents survey results, by the Institute of Management, which enables a further discussion. The survey, by postal questionnaire, was sent to 4,000 British Institute of Management members...

...Phillip B. Beaumont; Jerome Elliott The results are details of a survey into membership and recruitment of student nurses in training schools and hospitals into the main nursing unions– the RCN, COHSE and NUPE. © MCB UP Limited 1990 National Health Service Nurses Trade unions United...

...Patrick Maclagan The results of an attempt to conduct an employee attitude survey in a British police force are reported. The proposal failed to win approval at the joint consultation committee for four reasons: it would destabilise the system; it was unsuitable for the group concerned; it implied...

... for companies outside the financial sector is needed. © MCB UP Limited 1986 Companies by size Development Profit sharing Share ownership Surveys United Kingdom 7. Profit-sharing and Share Ownership Schemes in Britain* by Michael Poole Introduction Few commentators would have forecast...

...Doug Counsell Retirement is a relatively new phenomenon. An increasing number of employees are being encouraged to retire early due to social and economic factors. The findings of a survey of 52 organisations (17 public sector, 35 private sector) with either head office or divisional bases...