Charles Whalen’s book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field’s leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of...

This analysis of 481 negotiations in Michigan over the period 1987–91 suggests that fundamental changes may have occurred recently in collective bargaining in small firms. Only 33% of the negotiations conformed to the traditional model of arm's-length collective bargaining; the balance...

Examining data from two national surveys of matched pairs of union and management lead negotiators, the authors evaluate the current state of practice in labor relations and test several propositions related to the transformation of American industrial relations. They find that 30–40% of...

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Pivotal Events: Introduction and Industry Context -- 2 The Case for Change -- 3 Dignity of Work -- 4 Business Fundamentals -- 5 Knowledge-Driven Work -- 6 Negotiated Change -- 7 Joint Alignment -- 8 Integrated Operating Systems -- 9 True North: Good...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 America's Productivity Paralysis -- 2 How Did We Get Into This Mess? -- 3 The Quest for the Holy Grail of Production Management -- 4 A Revolution at John Deere -- 5 First Change the Culture, Then Change Production -- 6 Redesigning...