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Hired hands or human resources? : case studies of HRM programs and practices in early American industry

Title
Hired hands or human resources? : case studies of HRM programs and practices in early American industry / Bruce E. Kaufman.
ISBN
9780801448300 (alk. paper)
0801448301 (alk. paper)
Published
Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010.
Physical Description
xi, 254 p., [11] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Companion volume to: Managing the human factor.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 23, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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 1920s : 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.
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