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Annual Review Article 1992
Author(s) -
Rothwell Sheila
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.1993.tb00384.x
Subject(s) - rhetoric , recession , perspective (graphical) , industrial relations , interpretation (philosophy) , redundancy (engineering) , sociology , public relations , political science , management , economics , engineering , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , artificial intelligence , keynesian economics , reliability engineering , programming language
The article presents an overview of some of the significant developments in British industrial relations in 1992 from a managerial perspective. Against a background of deepening recession and redundancy, and some attempts to reorganize more flexibly, company approaches to equal opportunities, to training and development and to employee involvement (both individual and collective) are outlined. Interpretation reveals contradictory trends and a contrast between the rhetoric and the reality of innovation. Unless greater future emphasis is given to meeting employee as well as organizational needs, further problems seem likely to emerge.