Industrial Relations in the Future: Trends and Possibilities in Britain over the Next Decade (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1984, __Industrial Relations in the Future__ highlights probable developments in Britain’s system of industrial relations into the 1990s. It also provides a basis for further and detailed analysis and debate of issues central to the nation’s future. Written by distinguished scholars in their respective fields, the three main sections give reviews from three contrasting traditions- mainstream industrial relations, industrial sociology and management, and labour economics. These accounts are highly complementary in the ways in which, in each and every case, issues of collective bargaining, managerial strategy and union response, and the behaviour of governments are all set against a broad backcloth of economic, political, and social changes. The authors see the ultimate outcome as depending greatly on the policies and types of action of organised labour, managements and governments, and possibly of wider social movements as well. This book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of labour economics, industrial sociology, economics, and public policy. Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Original Title Page 6 Original Copyright Page 7 Table of Contents 8 Preface 12 Introduction 14 Part 1: Current Trends and Future Possibilities 24 Cautions and Contexts 26 The Private Sector 32 The Public Sector 38 Trade Unions 43 Conflict, Control and Co-ordination 48 Part 2: A Framework for Analysis and an Appraisal of Main Developments 52 Introduction 54 A Framework for Analysis 54 Changes in Management, in the Trad e Unions and in Legislation 69 Policy Implications 97 Part 3: Industrial Relations Issues in the 1980s: An Economic Analysis 108 Introduction 110 The Macroeconomic Context 110 The Burden of Adjustment in the 1980s 113 Competitiveness and Flexible Unit Labour Costs 118 Some Major Issues 130 Summary 148 Bibliography 152 Author Index 156 Subject Index 158 Legislation,Policy Implications,Economic Analysis,Labour Costs