Hired hands or human resources? : case studies of HRM programs and practices in early American industry / Bruce E. Kaufman.

Author
Kaufman, Bruce E. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010.
Description
xi, 254 p., [11] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

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    Notes
    Companion volume to: Managing the human factor.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Early human resource management : context and history
    • HRM at the beginning : the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad
    • Contrasting HRM strategies : Pullman and Baldwin
    • HRM and alternative systems of workforce governance
    • HRM in the industrial heartland I : the United States Steel Corporation
    • HRM in the industrial heartland II : the Ford Motor Company
    • Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc.
    • The human resource model in a welfare capitalism firm : the Top-Grade Oil Company
    • A high-road employer in a low-road industry : the Great Eastern Coal Company
    • The middle ground of HRM in the 1920s : the United Steel and Coal Company
    • Paternalism combined with decentralized and informal HRM : Mega-Watt Light and Power
    • The "hired hand" model in a large manufacturing firm : New Era Radio
    • HRM in the industrial heartland III : High-Beam Steel
    • The case studies : insights and lessons learned.
    ISBN
    • 9780801448300 (alk. paper)
    • 0801448301 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2009023927
    OCLC
    320799043
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