Much of the received wisdom about the world of work emphasizes the marketization of the employment relationship; the decline of class-based forms of inequality, and the individualization of employment relations. Non-standard forms of employment, the delayering of organizational hierarchies, and the use of individual performance-based payment systems are all held up as examples of a new neo-liberal order in which employers and employees no longer feel a sense of obligation to each other.   Drawing on a range of employee and employer surveys, including the authors own Working in Britain 2000 survey, this ambitious study presents a comprehensive examination of the conditions, attitudes, and experiences of British employees from the mid-1980s to the early years of this century. The authors' analyses provides a compelling critique of the received wisdom, while also providing an original, alternative account of recent developments in work and labour markets. Along the way, the book covers such topical issues as the changing nature of trade union membership, the consequences of Britain's 'long hours' culture', and the apparent inability of women to ask for pay rises. Significantly, the authors seek to reposition debates about the future of work by restoring the concepts of contracts and social class to the analysis of the employment relationship.   Based on the ESRC funded Future of Work research programme this book is destined to shape our understanding of employment in Britain for the foreseeable future.

Market, Class, and Employment

Business & Money

Hill, Stephen

Mills, Colin

McGovern, Patrick

WHITE,MICHAEL

Economics

Oxford University Press

Much of the received wisdom about the world of work emphasizes the marketization of the employment relationship; the decline of class-based forms of inequality, and the individualization of employment relations. Non-standard forms of employment, the delayering of organizational hierarchies, and the use of individual performance-based payment systems are all held up as examples of a new neo-liberal order in which employers and employees no longer feel a sense of obligation to each other. Drawing on a range of employee and employer surveys, including the authors own Working in Britain 2000 survey, this ambitious study presents a comprehensive examination of the conditions, attitudes, and experiences of British employees from the mid-1980s to the early years of this century. The authors' analyses provides a compelling critique of the received wisdom, while also providing an original, alternative account of recent developments in work and labour markets. Along the way, the book covers such topical issues as the changing nature of trade union membership, the consequences of Britain's 'long hours' culture', and the apparent inability of women to ask for pay rises. Significantly, the authors seek to reposition debates about the future of work by restoring the concepts of contracts and social class to the analysis of the employment relationship. Based on the E.S.R.C. funded Future of Work research programme this book is destined to shape our understanding of employment in Britain for the foreseeable future.

Language and Literacies in the Primary School

Language and Literacies in the Primary School offers a cutting edge review of recent research and policy initiatives in the field of primary school literacy from the UK, the US and around the world. Leading international researchers give accounts of their work, their key theoretical perspectives, and ways of working in order to: enable teachers, trainee teachers, researchers and academics to take stock of important policy and practice shifts in the field.  Key features include: Useful interchapters as guides through thinking and writing Annotated booklists for further reading Offering a robust overview of key policy and practice changes, the contributors link research with practice, giving readers an evaluative and reflective viewpoint on recent policies. This book will appeal to all those working and researching in the field of primary literacy.

Education & Teaching

Moss, Gemma

Cox, Robyn

Schools & Teaching

Routledge

Bitter Passage: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Lake Union Publishing

This guide aims to give students a sound understanding of the entire conveyancing process by initially concentrating on a straightforward sale/purchase of a registered freehold title. The approach throughout is practical and issues of professional conduct and practice are highlighted.

Conveyancing Law & Practice

Mills, Jennifer

Routledge-Cavendish

This is one of the books in a series written specially for students studying on the Legal Practice Course at London Guildhall University. The material is also suitable for students studying at other institutions. The pages are laid out so as to enable students to annotate the course notes. The book aims to give students a sound understanding of the entire conveyancing process by initially concentrating on a strightforward sale/purchase of a registered freehold title. Only when students have been taken through such a transaction are they introduced to more complex dispositions, such as disposition by pesonal representatives and by attorney, sales of part and estate conveyancing, and to dispositions of unregistered freehold titles. The chapters on leasehold conveyancing which then follow deal with the grant assignment of leases in both a registered and unregistered context. The approach throughout is essentially practical and issues of professional conduct and practice are particularly highlighted. the self-assessment questions are designed to ensure that fundamental concepts have been understood before students move on to the next chapter.

Conveyancing

Scale Up: How To Take Your Business To The Next Level Without Losing Control And Running Out Of Cash

<p>Plenty of books have been written on startups, but not much has been written about what happens next, when you want to scale and move your business into an advanced stage of growth: the classic “too big to be small and too small to be big” stage. In <i>Scaleup: How to Take Your Business To the Next Level Without Losing Control and Running out of Cash</i>, Colin Mills draws on real life experience, working with thousands of businesses across the globe to create a framework for scaling up that until now has just not existed. This is not academic theory: you'll find stories and examples from real-world businesses that have successfully managed the transition from startup to scaleup. Whether you're the owner of a fast-growing business and you want to scale your business to more advanced growth, or you feel frustrated because you came out of the startup phase but growth has stalled and you wonder whether you can face the pain of further growth, then this book has got something for you.</p>

Scale Up: How to Take Your Business To the Next Level Without Losing Control and Running Out of Cash

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

BrightFlame Books

Executive Freedom: How to Escape the C-Suite, Create Income Security, and Take Back Control by Building a Part-Time Portfolio Career

Sometimes the thing we fear the most is the thing that sets us free...Have you reached a point in your career where your role as a C-Suite Executive just isn’t working for you anymore?Have you sacrificed personal freedom for the comfort and perceived security of a full-time executive job?Do you long to do exciting, rewarding, and inspiring work—work that fits around your lifestyle choices—without having to sacrifice your income?We spend more than half our waking hours at work, and yet most of us choose to do work that is out of alignment with who we really are; with our core values.Every day that we show up to work giving less of ourselves than we could represents a lost opportunity to devote our talents, skills, and passion elsewhere, to a more worthy cause.The world is full of innovative, passionate people running remarkable businesses, providing extraordinary products and services that make a real difference in the world.What if there were a way for you to offer your unique ability to just a handful of these organisations to help them thrive while getting paid handsomely in return?Executive Freedom lays out a clear path to a highly engaging and rewarding portfolio lifestyle. Ironically, this approach gives you greater financial security than working for a single employer.

Daw, Sara

Job Hunting & Careers

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