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International and Comparative Employment Relations: Global Crises and Institutional Responses

Established as the standard reference for a worldwide readership of students, scholars and practitioners in international agencies, governments, companies and unions, this text offers a systematic overview of international employment relations. Chapters cover the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Japan, South Korea, China, India and South Africa. Experts examine the context of employment relations in each country: economic, historical, legal, social and political. They consider the roles of the major players and outline the various processes of employment relations, including collective bargaining and arbitration, consultation and employee involvement. The seventh edition has been thoroughly updated with new examples and discussion questions to engage students and encourage critical thinking. A revamped set of online resources includes PowerPoint slides for lecturers to use in their teaching, as well as useful web links to enhance learning.

Up in the Air: How Airlines Can Improve Performance by Engaging Their Employees

"And you thought the passengers were mad. Airline employees are fed up, too-with pay cuts, increased workloads and management's miserly ways, which leave workers to explain to often-enraged passengers why flying has become such a miserable experience."—The New York Times, December 22, 2007When both an industry's workers and its customers report high and rising frustration with the way they are being treated, something is fundamentally wrong. In response to these conditions, many of the world's airlines have made ever-deeper cuts in services and their workforces. Is it too much to expect airlines, or any other enterprise, to provide a fair return to investors, high-quality reliable service to their customers, and good jobs for their employees? Measured against these three expectations, the airline industry is failing. In the first five years of the twenty-first century alone, U.S. airlines lost a total of $30 billion while shedding 100,000 jobs, forcing the remaining workers to give up over $15 billion in wages and benefits. Combined with plummeting employee morale, shortages of air traffic controllers, and increased congestion and flight delays, a total collapse of the industry may be coming.Is this state of affairs inevitable? Or is it possible to design a more sustainable, less volatile industry that better balances the objectives of customers, investors, employees, and the wider society? Does deregulation imply total abrogation of government's responsibility to oversee an industry showing the clear signs of deterioration and increasing risk of a pending crisis? Greg J. Bamber, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Thomas A. Kochan, and Andrew von Nordenflycht explore such questions in a well-informed and engaging way, using a mix of quantitative evidence and qualitative studies of airlines from North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Up in the Air provides clear and realistic strategies for achieving a better, more equitable balance among the interests of customers, employees, and shareholders. Specifically, the authors recommend that firms learn from the innovations of companies like Southwest and Continental Airlines in order to build a positive workplace culture that fosters coordination and commitment to high-quality service, labor relations policies that avoid long drawn-out conflicts in negotiating new agreements, and business strategies that can sustain investor, employee, and customer support through the ups and downs of business cycles.

International and Comparative Employment Relations: National regulation, global changes

'The most comprehensive and authoritative comparative analysis of employment relations . . .' Thomas Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States'. . . breaks new ground as an integrated account of the forces shaping employment relations.' William Brown, University of Cambridge. United KingdomEstablished as the standard reference for a worldwide readership of students, scholars and practitioners in international agencies, governments, companies and unions, this text offers a systematic overview of international employment relations.Chapters cover the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Japan, South Korea, China and India. Experts examine the context of employment relations in each country: economic, historical, legal, social and political. They consider the roles of the major players: employers, unions and governments. They outline the processes of employment relations: collective bargaining and arbitration, consultation and employee involvement. Topical issues are discussed: non-unionised workplaces, novel forms of human resource management, labour law reform, multinational enterprises, networked organisations, differences between Asian and Western companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, migrant workers, technological change, labour market flexibility and pay determination.This sixth edition is fully revised with an emphasis on globalisation and comparative theories, including concepts of convergence. It offers a new framework for varieties of capitalism in the Introduction, and concludes with an insightful account of the forces shaping employment relations in the world economy.

International and Comparative Employment Relation: Globalisation and Change (PDF)

Earlier editions of this book have become the standard reference for a worldwide readership of students, scholars and practitioners in international agencies, governments, companies and unions. This fifth edition examines globalisation and comparative theories, including notions of convergence and of varieties of capitalism. Chapters on employment relations in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Japan and South Korea are updated, and new chapters on China, India and Denmark are included. Experts examine the context of employment relations in each country: economic, historical, legal, social and political. They outline the roles of the major players: employers, unions and governments. They outline the processes of employment relations: local and centralised collective bargaining, arbitration and mediation, joint consultation and employee participation.

Overcoming Your Workplace Stress: A CBT-based Self-help Guide

Occupational stress affects millions of people every year and is not only costly to the individual – in terms of their mental and physical health – but also results in major costs for organisations due to workplace absence and loss of productivity. This Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) based self-help guide will equip the user with the necessary tools and techniques to manage work related stress more effectively. Divided into three parts, this book will help you to: understand occupational stress learn about a range of methods to reduce stress levels develop your own self-help plan. Overcoming Your Workplace Stress is written in a straightforward, easy-to-follow style, allowing the reader to develop the necessary skills to become their own therapist.

Overcoming Your Workplace Stress: A CBT-based Self-help Guide

Occupational stress affects millions of people every year and is not only costly to the individual – in terms of their mental and physical health – but also results in major costs for organisations due to workplace absence and loss of productivity. This Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) based self-help guide will equip the user with the necessary tools and techniques to manage work related stress more effectively. Divided into three parts, this book will help you to: understand occupational stress learn about a range of methods to reduce stress levels develop your own self-help plan. Overcoming Your Workplace Stress is written in a straightforward, easy-to-follow style, allowing the reader to develop the necessary skills to become their own therapist.

Accounting and Finance for Managers: A Decision-Making Approach

Accounting and Finance for Managers is specifically designed for MBA, EMBA, MA and MSc Business and Management students who require a grounding in the key concepts of accounting and finance. Including real financial statements and worked examples from well-known businesses, as well as full exercises and questions at the end of each chapter, this accessible guide provides students with the financial tools and analytical skills for managerial advantage. Taking a uniquely practical approach that focuses on the financial aspects of business decisions, the book covers all the core topics of accounting and finance, including basic bookkeeping, financial analysis, business planning, cash-flow analysis, and investment decisions. Now in its second edition, Accounting and Finance for Managers contains updated examples and case studies from Burberry, Ryanair and Whitbread, new content on corporate governance and ratio analysis, reflective activities and a new chapter on financing decisions. Bonus online material includes guidance and teaching advice, additional questions and lecture slides for each chapter.

Accounting and Finance for Managers: A Decision-Making Approach

Accounting and Finance for Managers is specifically designed for MBA, EMBA, MA and MSc Business and Management students who require a grounding in the key concepts of accounting and finance. Including real financial statements and worked examples from well-known businesses, as well as full exercises and questions at the end of each chapter, this accessible guide provides students with the financial tools and analytical skills for managerial advantage. Taking a uniquely practical approach that focuses on the financial aspects of business decisions, the book covers all the core topics of accounting and finance, including basic bookkeeping, financial analysis, business planning, cash-flow analysis, and investment decisions. Now in its second edition, Accounting and Finance for Managers contains updated examples and case studies from Burberry, Ryanair and Whitbread, new content on corporate governance and ratio analysis, reflective activities and a new chapter on financing decisions. Bonus online material includes guidance and teaching advice, additional questions and lecture slides for each chapter.

Accounting and Finance for Managers: A Decision-Making Approach

Accounting and Finance for Managers is specifically designed for MBA, EMBA, MA and MSc Business and Management students who require a grounding in the key concepts of accounting and finance. Including real financial statements and worked examples from well-known businesses, as well as full exercises and questions at the end of each chapter, this accessible guide provides students with the financial tools and analytical skills for managerial advantage. Taking a uniquely practical approach that focuses on the financial aspects of business decisions, the book covers all the core topics of accounting and finance, including basic bookkeeping, financial analysis, business planning, cash-flow analysis, and investment decisions. Now in its second edition, Accounting and Finance for Managers contains updated examples and case studies from Burberry, Ryanair and Whitbread, new content on corporate governance and ratio analysis, reflective activities and a new chapter on financing decisions. Bonus online material includes guidance and teaching advice, additional questions and lecture slides for each chapter.

Accounting and Finance for Managers: A Business Decision Making Approach

Accounting and Finance for Managers rebukes the myth that in order to excel in accounting and finance you need to be great at mathematics. Split into two broad sections which focus on financial accounting and management accounts, this textbook uses clear, accessible language that will appeal to students from a variety of academic backgrounds.Taking a uniquely practical approach that focuses on the financial aspects of business decisions, the textbook covers all the core topics of accounting and finance, including basic bookkeeping, financial analysis, business planning, cash-flow analysis and investment decisions. Now in its third edition, Accounting and Finance for Managers contains updates on new accounting standards and regulations, as well as featuring up-to-date real-world examples of real options, value chain analysis and competitive advantage analysis. This textbook features 'traditional' accounting practices in detail, but also covers topics with a strategic focus to ensure students learn to think in broader strategic terms. Written for an international audience using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) terminology with supporting resources including additional exercise questions, curated further reading and lecture slides for each chapter.

Moderne Stationsorganisation im Krankenhaus

Stationen sind heute stärker als früher berufsgruppenbezogen organisiert. Die zunehmende Arbeitsteilung geht mit einer wachsenden Verantwortungserosion einher. Dabei gerät der übergreifende Stationsablauf zunehmend aus dem Blick, an den Schnittstellen zwischen den Berufsgruppen kommt es zu Konflikten, Informationsdefiziten und Verschwendung wertvoller Ressourcen. Dieses Buch vermittelt Krankenhausmanagern, Chefärzten, Pflegedirektoren, Stationsleitungen und Case Managern, praxiserprobte Ansätze zur Optimierung von Stationsabläufen. Vielfältige und berufsgruppenübergreifende Lösungsansätze zur effizienten Stationsorganisation werden vorgestellt und anhand von Praxisbeispielen zu unterschiedlichen Stationstypen vertieft. So erhalten Sie viele Ideen, um auch die Zusammenarbeit unter den Berufsgruppen auf der Station zu verbessern und die Mitarbeiter- und Patientenzufriedenheit zu erhöhen.

Moderne Stationsorganisation im Krankenhaus

Dieses Buch hilft bei der Optimierung von Stationsabläufen und richtet sich an Krankenhausmanager, Chefärzte, Pflegedirektoren, Stationsleitungen und Case Manager. Vielfältige, in der Praxis bewährte und berufsgruppenübergreifende Lösungsansätze zur effizienten Stationsorganisation werden vorgestellt und anhand von Praxisbeispielen zu unterschiedlichen Stationstypen vertieft. So erhalten Sie viele Ideen, um auch die Zusammenarbeit unter den Berufsgruppen auf der Station zu verbessern und die Mitarbeiter- und Patientenzufriedenheit zu erhöhen.Neu in der 2. Auflage: Erneuerung des Kapitels "Die digitale Station" und "Innovative Dienst- und Arbeitszeiten".

Capital Market Equilibria

Risk and Capital: Proceedings of the 2nd Summer Workshop on Risk and Capital Held at the University of Ulm, West Germany June 20–24,1983 (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems #227)

This volume invites young scientists and doctoral students in the fields of capital market theory, informational economics, and mana­ gement science to visualize the many different ways to arrive at a thorough understanding of risk and capital. Rather than focusing on one subject only, the sample of papers collected may be viewed as a representative choice of various aspects. Some contributions have more the character of surveys on the state of the art while others stress original research. We fou~d it proper to group the papers under two main themes. Part I covers information, risk aversion, and capital market theory. Part II is devoted to management, policy, and empirical evidence. Two contributions, we think, deserved to break this allocation and to be placed in a prologue. The ideas expressed by Jost B. Walther, although meant as opening address, draw interesting parallels for risk and capital in genetics and evolution. An old, fundamental pro­ blem was asked and solved by Martin J. Beckmann: how does risk affect saving? The wise answer (Martin's 60th birthday is in July 1984) is both smart and simple, although the proof requires sophisticated dynamic programming. As always, such a work must be the result of a special occasion.

The Art of Buying Art: How to evaluate and buy art like a professional collector

'The very best book on the subject ever published' Bernard Ewell, Personal Property Journal (the trade publication of the American Society of Appraisers)The art world can appear impenetrable to the beginner. This classic book, in print since 1990, is an invaluable primer that will help anyone to penetrate the thickets of inscrutable 'insider info' and esoteric jargon. Updated for today's art market, including online buying, The Art of Buying Art is without a doubt the most accessible book on how to research, evaluate, price and buy artworks - for anyone who wants to buy art. No previous knowledgeof art or the art business is necessary. Topics include:· how to research and evaluate art prices like the professionals· how to build a quality collection· how to spot fakes and forgeries· how to buy art at auctions and directly from artists· how to negotiate prices· how to tell the difference between an original and a reproduction Bamberger provides the information needed to transform anyone into an informed art consumer, to protect collectors from bad buys and to help them locate the best art at the correct prices.

Strategische Unternehmensberatung: Konzeptionen - Prozesse - Methoden

Führende Unternehmensberatungen stellen Lösungsvorschläge für unterschiedliche strategische Probleme sowie ihre Vorstellungen vom Ablauf der Beratungsprozesse und der strategischen Unternehmensführung vor. Der Leser gewinnt umfassende Kenntnisse über Konzeptionen und Vorgehensweisen professioneller Berater.

Strategische Unternehmensberatung: Konzeptionen - Prozesse - Methoden

Strategische Unternehmensberatung: Konzeptionen - Prozesse - Methoden

Führende Unternehmensberatungen (u.a. Roland Berger, Arthur D. Little, Andersen Consulting, Kienbaum) stellen Lösungsvorschläge für unterschiedliche strategische Probleme sowie ihre Vorstellungen vom Ablauf der Beratungsprozesse und der strategischen Unternehmensführung vor. Der Leser gewinnt umfassende Kenntnisse über Konzeptionen und Vorgehensweisen professioneller Berater.

Strategische Unternehmensberatung: Konzeptionen - Prozesse - Methoden

In diesem Buch stellen führende Unternehmensberatungen und namhafte Managementforscher Lösungsvorschläge für unterschiedliche strategische Probleme, ihre Vorstellungen vom Ablauf der Beratungsprozesse und der strategischen Unternehmensführung sowie zum Management von Beratungsunternehmen vor. Umfassende theoretische und praxisnahe Informationen zeigen Konzeptionen, Vorgehensweisen und Erfolgsfaktoren professioneller Berater.

Exposing Pay: Pay Transparency and What It Means for Employees, Employers, and Public Policy

Should employees be allowed to discuss their pay with other employees? Should managers explain the logic underlying pay structures and decisions to employees? Should companies disclose more information on pay for particular positions or even an individuals' actual pay? Pay equity has become a hot topic in recent years with pay transparency viewed as an important way to narrow gender and racial pay gaps. However, pay transparency policies and practices remain highly controversial, with divergent attitudes based largely on conjecture or anecdote. In Exposing Pay, Peter Bamberger provides evidence-based insights into how pay communication policies and practices impact outcomes at individual, organizational, and societal levels. Bamberger reviews findings from the recent surge in pay transparency research to help employees, managers, and policymakers better understand when pay communication policies and practices might enhance organizational performance and address social inequality and when such practices can lead to harmful consequences. Starting with a short overview of how companies have addressed the question of pay transparency over the past century and a brief summary of contemporary transparency regulations in dozens of countries around the world, Exposing Pay presents findings on the various forms of pay transparency on such outcomes as individual task performance, employee retention and turnover, citizenship behaviors such as helping, counter-productive work behavior, and pay dispersion or spread. An honest assessment of the good and the bad of pay transparency, Exposing Pay gives policymakers, managers, and HR specialists the perspective and information they need to make fair, sensible, and informed decisions.

Exposing Pay: Pay Transparency and What It Means for Employees, Employers, and Public Policy

Should employees be allowed to discuss their pay with other employees? Should managers explain the logic underlying pay structures and decisions to employees? Should companies disclose more information on pay for particular positions or even an individuals' actual pay? Pay equity has become a hot topic in recent years with pay transparency viewed as an important way to narrow gender and racial pay gaps. However, pay transparency policies and practices remain highly controversial, with divergent attitudes based largely on conjecture or anecdote. In Exposing Pay, Peter Bamberger provides evidence-based insights into how pay communication policies and practices impact outcomes at individual, organizational, and societal levels. Bamberger reviews findings from the recent surge in pay transparency research to help employees, managers, and policymakers better understand when pay communication policies and practices might enhance organizational performance and address social inequality and when such practices can lead to harmful consequences. Starting with a short overview of how companies have addressed the question of pay transparency over the past century and a brief summary of contemporary transparency regulations in dozens of countries around the world, Exposing Pay presents findings on the various forms of pay transparency on such outcomes as individual task performance, employee retention and turnover, citizenship behaviors such as helping, counter-productive work behavior, and pay dispersion or spread. An honest assessment of the good and the bad of pay transparency, Exposing Pay gives policymakers, managers, and HR specialists the perspective and information they need to make fair, sensible, and informed decisions.

Human Resource Strategy: Formulation, Implementation, and Impact

What is human resource strategy? How are human resources strategies formulated and how can we explain the variance between what is espoused and what is actually implemented? What impact – if any – does human resource strategy have on the organization’s "bottom line," and how can this impact be explained? Is there one best HR strategy for all firms, or is the impact of HR strategy on performance contingent on some set of organizational, technological or environmental factors? Human Resource Strategy, 2nd edition, provides an overview of the academic and practitioner responses to these and other questions. Applying an integrative framework, the authors review 30 years’ worth of empirical and theoretical research in an attempt to reconcile often-conflicting conceptual models and competing empirical results. Complex theoretical models and scientific findings are presented in an accessible and relevant way, in the context of the strategic decisions that executives are forced to make on a regular basis. This new edition features an updated literature review, coverage of the latest challenges to HR strategy, new mini-cases, discussion questions, additional examples, and an emphasis on the strategic implications of the research, making it an ideal resource for students and practitioners alike.

Human Resource Strategy: Formulation, Implementation, and Impact

What is human resource strategy? How are human resources strategies formulated and how can we explain the variance between what is espoused and what is actually implemented? What impact – if any – does human resource strategy have on the organization’s "bottom line," and how can this impact be explained? Is there one best HR strategy for all firms, or is the impact of HR strategy on performance contingent on some set of organizational, technological or environmental factors? Human Resource Strategy, 2nd edition, provides an overview of the academic and practitioner responses to these and other questions. Applying an integrative framework, the authors review 30 years’ worth of empirical and theoretical research in an attempt to reconcile often-conflicting conceptual models and competing empirical results. Complex theoretical models and scientific findings are presented in an accessible and relevant way, in the context of the strategic decisions that executives are forced to make on a regular basis. This new edition features an updated literature review, coverage of the latest challenges to HR strategy, new mini-cases, discussion questions, additional examples, and an emphasis on the strategic implications of the research, making it an ideal resource for students and practitioners alike.

Grenzüberschreitende Verschmelzungen von Kapitalgesellschaften in der EU: Die Behandlung der stillen Reserven und der vorhandenen Verluste

Auf der Grundlage einer Analyse der nationalen und europarechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen – unter Zuhilfenahme einer formalen modelltheoretischen Analyse grenzüberschreitender Verschmelzungen zwischen zwei Kapitalgesellschaften – arbeitet Lucia Helena Bambynek Grundsätze für eine ökonomisch sinnvolle sowie verfassungs- und europarechtskonforme Besteuerung von Verschmelzungen heraus.

Markenwert: Der Einfluss des Marketing auf den Markenwert bei ausgewählten Schweizer Dienstleistungsunternehmen (Marken- und Produktmanagement)

Thomas Bamert betrachtet den Markenwert aus Konsumentensicht und legt somit ein stärkeres Gewicht auf die Markensteuerung. Er vergleicht das angelsächsische und das deutsche Verständnis des Begriffs "Markenwert" und untersucht den Einfluss von Marketinginstrumenten auf Markenwertdimensionen wie Bekanntheit, Assoziationen, wahrgenommene Qualität und Markentreue sowie die Unterschiede zwischen Dienstleistungen und Konsumgütern.