Understanding Industrial Relations

An explanation of industrial relations covering recent developments, such as the provisions and workings of industrial relations legislation including the 1988 Employment Act and the 1984 Trade Union Act. This edition also examines new managerial practices, human resource management, performance-related pay, worker participation and collective bargaining. The book will be useful for a variety of courses including postgraduate Diploma of Management Studies, the Institute of Personnel Management professional examinations and political and business studies at undergraduate level.