A Question of Balance: Labour, Management and Society

A Question of Balance: Labour, Management and Society

A Question of Balance is a lucid and readable rendering of a complex and vexed issue, namely industrial relations. Bringing together articles written over a period of eight years, it offers an objective and unbiased commentary, unencumbered by the ideological baggage that writings on this subject usually carry. It is about industrial workers, their trade unions, union leaders, managers, people in government who make and administer labour policy, and their interactions. It is a colorful, and occasionally murky, world whose dramatis personae have strong and often conflicting interests. The methods they adopt to secure these interests affect us all as consumers of products and services, and as citizens, but few of us are privy to these goings-on. This collection offers an intimate insight into the complex universe of industrial relations. It comes from someone who has had the benefit of close association with labour and management for three decades as a researcher, teacher and consultant. Stringing together anecdote, evidence and theory, and going beyond description to express opinions, this book makes compelling reading for a wide cross-section, ranging from MBA students, management aspirants, managers and trade unionists, to the general reader.

E. A. Ramaswamy

Oxford University Press

1997

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