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Investment in management training and development by small businesses

Loan‐Clarke, John; Boocock, Grahame; Smith, Alison; … - In: Employee Relations 21 (1999) 3, pp. 296-311

The topic of management training and development (MTD) in small businesses is relatively under‐researched, and an … and desire customised training. …

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The Rise of Single Table Bargaining in Britain

Gall, Gregor - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 4, pp. 62-71

Over 80 companies and organizations have recently changed their collective bargaining arrangements to introduce “single table bargaining” (STB). This sharp rise follows on from only a small umber of companies introducing this change in the 1980s. Under STB all the different unions and grades...

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Small firm training: just meeting the day-to-day needs of the business

Barrett, Rowena - In: Employee Relations 37 (2015) 5, pp. 547-567

skills of their key resources and then examine how these and other factors affect owner-managers’ preferences for training … these employees. Design/methodology/approach – This study of training in small road transport firms in West Australia is … drove the need for certain types of training – licenses, fatigue management, occupational health and safety, handling …

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Unemployed job seekers' access to interactive service work

Cullen, Anne Marie - In: Employee Relations 33 (2011) 1, pp. 64-80

provision of training opportunities for unemployed people who are seeking to re‐enter the workplace, and whether such training … drawing on interview and focus group data gathered from policymakers, training providers and unemployed job seekers. Findings … – The data suggests there is little existing training provision for interactive service work for unemployed job seekers and …

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Structure and Identity : The Impact of Union Structure in Comparative Perspective

Murray, Gregor - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 2, pp. 24-40

What is the impact of union structure on the strategic capacity of ational union movements to respond to economic re‐structuring? Focuses on the experience of five countries (Canada, France, Japan, the UK and the US) and their common problems as regards, first, the movement of employment into...

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Information Technology and the Quality Gap

Brooke, Carole - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 4, pp. 22-34

During 1990, one of the largest service sector companies in the UK was in the process of implementing major change. Top management believed that total quality management (TQM) was an appropriate vehicle for such change. However, the research suggested that the quality objectives of the...

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Performance‐related Pay: A Case Study

Swabe, A.I.R. - In: Employee Relations 11 (1989) 2, pp. 17-23

Performance‐related pay (PRP) is becoming a fashionable concept in Britain nowadays, but there is a shortage of detailed examination of how such systems work in practice. To help alleviate this, a case study is presented of a scheme introduced into a company in the financial services sector....

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Working in a corner shop: are employee relations changing in response to competitive pressures?

Liff, Sonia; Turner, Simon - In: Employee Relations 21 (1999) 4, pp. 418-429

, long hours and limited training remained the dominant features of both successful and unsuccessful businesses. …

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The Union of the Future and the Future of Unions

Morris, Tim; Willman, Paul - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 2, pp. 100-108

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, dependent on subscription...

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Who represents whom? : The consequences of the exclusion of unions from the safety representation system in the UK offshore oil and gas industry

Wright, Chris; Spaven, Malcolm - In: Employee Relations 21 (1999) 1, pp. 45-62

industry. It is shown how representative training in particular prevents unions influencing the definition of the …

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