Trust and Transition: Managing Today's Employment Relationship by Peter Herriot

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Taking an uncommon perspective for a professional skills book, Trust and Transition looks at issues of career management through the eyes of the organization rather than the individual worker.

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Constant organizational change has led to new challenges for the HR department. In some instances it has created problems. This book identifies the two key problems facing senior managers and HR directors today:* employees feelings of mistrust and insecurity, and their effects on the employment relationship* the speed of organizational change which requires employees to make continuous transitions.This book shows that the management of careers in organizations is still possible if career transitions:* are negotiated with employees* are supported by management* and, hence, recreate trustThe authors outline the analytical, managerial and leadership tasks facing those seeking to manage careers in a climate of constant change. Fully illustrated with case studies this book will be of enormous use to any director concerned with the future success of the organization. "A thoughtful, very readable and well-documented overview of employment in the context of the huge changes in the world of work that have been going on through the nineties. From the point of view of employers, the book is of particular value in drawing attention to the importance of trust as the basis of the social capital element in the intellectual property of organizations." Godfrey Golzen, Editor, Human Resources "Trust and Transition is an important book on an important topic. If organizations are to manage change effectively, they need to help their employees to do so too. This deeply ethical as well as practical book indicates why this matters, and how career contracting can make it happen." A.G. Watts, National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling

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Constant organizational change has led to new challenges for the HR department. In some instances it has created problems. This book identifies the two key problems facing senior managers and HR directors today: employees feelings of mistrust and insecurity, and their effects on the employment relationship the speed of organizational change which requires employees to make continuous transitions. This book shows that the management of careers in organizations is still possible if career transitions: are negotiated with employees are supported by management and, hence, recreate trust The authors outline the analytical, managerial and leadership tasks facing those seeking to manage careers in a climate of constant change. Fully illustrated with case studies this book will be of enormous use to any director concerned with the future success of the organization. "A thoughtful, very readable and well-documented overview of employment in the context of the huge changes in the world of work that have been going on through the nineties. From the point of view of employers, the book is of particular value in drawing attention to the importance of trust as the basis of the social capital element in the intellectual property of organizations." Godfrey Golzen, Editor, Human Resources "Trust and Transition is an important book on an important topic. If organizations are to manage change effectively, they need to help their employees to do so too. This deeply ethical as well as practical book indicates why this matters, and how career contracting can make it happen." A.G. Watts, National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling

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Constant organizational change has led to new challenges for the HR department. In some instances it has created problems. This book identifies the two key problems facing senior managers and HR directors today: employees feelings of mistrust and insecurity, and their effects on the employment relationship the speed of organizational change which requires employees to make continuous transitions. This book shows that the management of careers in organizations is still possible if career transitions: are negotiated with employees are supported by management and, hence, recreate trust The authors outline the analytical, managerial and leadership tasks facing those seeking to manage careers in a climate of constant change. Fully illustrated with case studies this book will be of enormous use to any director concerned with the future success of the organization. "A thoughtful, very readable and well-documented overview of employment in the context of the huge changes in the world of work that have been going on through the nineties. From the point of view of employers, the book is of particular value in drawing attention to the importance of trust as the basis of the social capital element in the intellectual property of organizations." Godfrey Golzen, Editor, Human Resources "Trust and Transition is an important book on an important topic. If organizations are to manage change effectively, they need to help their employees to do so too. This deeply ethical as well as practical book indicates why this matters, and how career contracting can make it happen." A.G. Watts, National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling

Author Biography

Peter Herriot is a consultant and researcher on organisations and employment. He has had a career as an organisational psychologist and has served as Editor of The European Journal of Work and Organisaitonal Psychology. His previous publications include New Deals and Trust and Transition.

Table of Contents

UNCHARTED SEAS.Continuity or Cataclysm?Human Resource Rhetoric: Cost Cutting Reality.Personal Survival Stakes.Organizational Strategy: Rational or Rationalization?Keeping on Course.CHANGING COURSE.Flexible Friends.Development for Transition.Information Exchange: Dialogue and Transitions.Managing Transitions.Leadership, Trust and Transitions.Epilogue.Index.

Long Description

Constant organizational change has led to new challenges for the HR department. In some instances it has created problems. This book identifies the two key problems facing senior managers and HR directors today: employees feelings of mistrust and insecurity, and their effects on the employment relationship the speed of organizational change which requires employees to make continuous transitions. This book shows that the management of careers in organizations is still possible if career transitions: are negotiated with employees are supported by management and, hence, recreate trust The authors outline the analytical, managerial and leadership tasks facing those seeking to manage careers in a climate of constant change. Fully illustrated with case studies this book will be of enormous use to any director concerned with the future success of the organization. "A thoughtful, very readable and well-documented overview of employment in the context of the huge changes in the world of work that have been going on through the nineties. From the point of view of employers, the book is of particular value in drawing attention to the importance of trust as the basis of the social capital element in the intellectual property of organizations." Godfrey Golzen, Editor, Human Resources "Trust and Transition is an important book on an important topic. If organizations are to manage change effectively, they need to help their employees to do so too. This deeply ethical as well as practical book indicates why this matters, and how career contracting can make it happen." A.G. Watts, National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling

Feature

The book looks at many different employee contracts and suggests for organizations a clear-cut path toward cost-cutting and innovation. Reconciles the reality of organizational change and the need for mutual trust and career negotiation. Strong opinions are supported by "think tank" research.

Details ISBN0471979295 Author Peter Reilly Short Title TRUST & TRANSITION Language English ISBN-10 0471979295 ISBN-13 9780471979296 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1998 Illustrations indexes Residence US Pages 196 Edition 1st Subtitle Managing Today's Employment Relationship DOI 10.1604/9780471979296 UK Release Date 1998-03-18 AU Release Date 1998-03-18 NZ Release Date 1998-03-18 US Release Date 1998-03-18 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Series Wiley Series in Strategic HRM Publication Date 1998-03-18 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 658.3124 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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