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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816100403321

Autore

Kaufman Bruce E

Titolo

Hired hands or human resources? [[electronic resource] ] : case studies of HRM programs and practices in early American industry / / Bruce E. Kaufman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8014-6036-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KaufmanBruce E

Disciplina

658.300973

Soggetti

Personnel management - United States - History - 19th century

Personnel management - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Companion volume to: Managing the human factor.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early human resource management : context and history -- HRM at the beginning : the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad -- Contrasting HRM strategies : Pullman and Baldwin -- HRM and alternative systems of workforce governance -- HRM in the industrial heartland I : the United States Steel Corporation -- HRM in the industrial heartland II : the Ford Motor Company -- Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc. -- The human resource model in a welfare capitalism firm : the Top-Grade Oil Company -- A high-road employer in a low-road industry : the Great Eastern Coal Company -- The middle ground of HRM in the 1920's : the United Steel and Coal Company -- Paternalism combined with decentralized and informal HRM : Mega-Watt Light and Power -- The "hired hand" model in a large manufacturing firm : New Era Radio -- HRM in the industrial heartland III : High-Beam Steel -- The case studies : insights and lessons learned.