Description
Written by the CIPD Chief Examiner specifically for the CIPD professional standards for the Employee Relations elective, this book offers a practical and hands-on guide to understanding employee relations.
Gennard and Judge have updated and expanded the new edition which now includes:
- critical thinking boxes
- a range of case studies and examples, and
- updated legislation.
It is also suitable for students taking an employee/industrial relations module, or an HR or Business degree programme at undergraduate or postgraduate level.
Contents
Editors' Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Employee Relations: An Overview
Employee Relations Strategies and Policies
The Economic and Corporate Environment
The Legislative Framework
The Importance of the European Union
Employee Relations Institutions
Employee Involvement
Other Employee Relations Processes
Negotiating (Including Bargaining)
Employee Performance and Behaviour
Managing Employee Grievances
Managing Redundancies
Managing Health and SafetyAuthors
John Gennard
John is Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde.Graham Judge
Graham is Group Human Resources Director for Yattendon Investment Trust plc who employ over 1200 people. Yattendon own a number of regional newspapers, including the Cambridge Evening News and Burton Daily Mail and their media interest also extends into television through their ownership of Channel Television. Channel TV is the ITV franchise holder for the Channel Islands and, with the merger of Carlton and Granada, is virtually the only independent ITV company. Yattendon, through another subsidiary Marina Developments Ltd, are also the largest marina operators in the UK and, if this was not diverse enough, they are the second largest producers of Christmas trees in the country. Graham has held a number of personnel and training posts within the publishing, printing and packaging industries and has lectured extensively on a range of management issues. He is a fellow of the CIPD.