Web Case Studies

In addition to the end-of-chapter case studies of the book, there are extra web case studies for each chapter, and each has accompanying questions for you to consider.

Chapter 1 (inc. Introductory Chapter) - Case 1: Paternalism and management style in a food manufacturing firm
Chapter 2 - Case 1: Changing employment practices and employment relations in the UK television industry
Chapter 2 - Case 2: Trade unions and the prospects for unionization in the service sector
Chapter 3 - Case 1: Leadership change in three UK trade unions
Chapter 3 - Case 2: Left-wing factions in British trade unions
Chapter 4 - Case 1: Stonewall's -Diversity Champions- Initiative
Chapter 4 - Case 2: Maintaining a work-life balance in call centres
Chapter 5 - Case 1: The growth of 'union-busting' techniques in the United States
Chapter 5 - Case 2: Managing without unions at Ryanair
Chapter 6 - Case 1: Non-union employee representation at South West Water
Chapter 6 - Case 2: The geography of organizing unionism
Chapter 7 - Case 1: Perspectives on national bargaining arrangements
Chapter 7 - Case 2: The implications of performance related pay for schoolteachers' work
Chapter 7 - Case 3: The resilience of multi-employer bargaining in Europe
Chapter 8 - Case 1: Redundancies in contemporary British employment relations - the experience of MG Rover
Chapter 8 - Case 2: The gender dimension of job insecurity in retail
Chapter 9 - Case 1: Banning strikes and industrial action in essential public services
Chapter 9 - Case 2: The Gate Gourmet dispute 2005

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Web Case Studies