Hired Hands or Human Resources? : Case Studies of HRM Programs and Practices in Early American Industry

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Early Human Resource Management -- THE PRACTICE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 1875-1920 -- HRM at the Beginning -- Contrasting HRM Strategies -- HRM and Alternative Systems of Workforce Governance -- HRM in the Industrial Heartland I -- HRM in the Industrial Heartland II -- PHOTOGRAPHS -- THE PRACTICE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, 1920-1930 -- Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc. -- The Human Resource Model in a Welfare Capitalism Firm -- A High-Road Employer in a Low-Road Industry -- The Middle Ground of HRM in the 1920s -- Paternalism Combined with Decentralized and Informal HRM -- The "Hired Hand" Model in a Large Manufacturing Firm -- HRM in the Industrial Heartland III -- The Case Studies -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- Index.