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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.
Author
Kaufman, Bruce E.
Publication
Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010.

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Description
xi, 254 p., [11] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Personnel management > United States > History > 19th century > Case studies
  • Personnel management > United States > History > 20th century > Case studies
Note
  • Companion volume to: Managing the human factor.
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
JBE 10-258
ISBN
  • 9780801448300 (alk. paper)
  • 0801448301 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2009023927
OCLC
YBP 2009023927
Author
Kaufman, Bruce E.
Title
Hired hands or human resources? : case studies of HRM programs and practices in early American industry / Bruce E. Kaufman.
Imprint
Ithaca : ILR Press, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Kaufman, Bruce E. Managing the human factor.
Research Call Number
JBE 10-258
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