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18.1 Introduction 18.1 Introduction
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18.2 The Changing Contexts of Labor Management 18.2 The Changing Contexts of Labor Management
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18.3 Early Forms of Labor Management in the “First” Industrial Revolution: The Case of Textiles 18.3 Early Forms of Labor Management in the “First” Industrial Revolution: The Case of Textiles
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18.4 Railways and the Rise of the “Modern” Business Enterprise 18.4 Railways and the Rise of the “Modern” Business Enterprise
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18.5 The Development of Labor Management in the “Second” Industrial Revolution: The Case of Heavy Process and Assembly‐Line Industries 18.5 The Development of Labor Management in the “Second” Industrial Revolution: The Case of Heavy Process and Assembly‐Line Industries
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18.6 Coming to Terms with Organized Labor from the 1930s onwards: The Case of the Automobile Industry 18.6 Coming to Terms with Organized Labor from the 1930s onwards: The Case of the Automobile Industry
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18.7 Dealing with Diversity and Flexibility: The Development of Human Resource Management—The Case of the Fast‐Moving Consumer Goods Sector 18.7 Dealing with Diversity and Flexibility: The Development of Human Resource Management—The Case of the Fast‐Moving Consumer Goods Sector
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18.8 Labor Management in the Service Economy of the “Third” Industrial Revolution 18.8 Labor Management in the Service Economy of the “Third” Industrial Revolution
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18.9 Some Caveats and Unfinished Business 18.9 Some Caveats and Unfinished Business
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18.10 Conclusions 18.10 Conclusions
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18 The Management of Labor and Human Resource
Get accessHoward Gospel is Professor of Management at King's College, University of London; a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics; and a Fellow of the Said Business School, University of Oxford, all in the UK. His research interests include the development of employer labor policy, corporate governance and human resource management, forms of employee representation, and training and development. He has published widely on these topics in historical and contemporary contexts, often with an international and comparative perspective.
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Published:02 September 2009
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Abstract
This article defines the management of labor to cover three broad interconnected areas: work relations, employment relations, and industrial relations. Throughout the article, the emphasis is on major patterns in these three areas as they have developed, especially in large private-sector firms, over a long period of time from the early nineteenth century onwards. The article provides a broad overview of the contexts within which labor has been managed, including the market, technological, political, and business contexts. It also presents broad “stages” in the history of labor management, taking examples from leading sectors of the economy. However, throughout the article, the aim is to stress continuities over time between stages, the coexistence of systems at any one point in time, and how older sectors also adapt over time.
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