Managing change in the workplace : new approaches to employee relations

The aim of this study is to examine industrial relations in the context of the four major interconnecting forces: corporate strategy; the legislative framework; economic changes; and the international (especially European) sphere. It answers such crucial questions as: how can the modern individualistic human resource management philosophies (such as performance appraisal, performance-related pay) be aligned with the collectivist basis of traditional industrial relations; and what has been happening to trade unions?