{"product_id":"employing-bureaucracy-sanford-m-jacoby-9780805844092","title":"Employing Bureaucracy: Managers, Unions, and the Transformation of Work in the 20th Century, Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeftly blending social and business history with economic analysis, \u003ci\u003eEmploying Bureaucracy\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the American workplace shifted from a market-oriented system to a bureaucratic one over the course of the 20th century. Jacoby explains how an unstable, haphazard employment relationship evolved into one that was more enduring, equitable, and career-oriented. This revised edition presents a new analysis of recent efforts to re-establish a market orientation in the workplace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a definitive history of the human resource management profession in the United States, showing its diverse roots in engineering, welfare work, and vocational guidance. It explores the recurring tension between the new professional order and traditional line management. Using a variety of sources, Jacoby analyzes the complex relations between personnel managers, labor unions, and government from the late 19th century to the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmploying Bureaucracy: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*analyzes the origins of the modern employment relationship's distinctive features;\u003cbr\u003e*combines a variety of disciplinary perspectives, from business and labor history to economics, sociology, and management;\u003cbr\u003e*shows the transformation of the American workplace over the course of the 20th century, from market-oriented to bureaucratic to recent efforts to move back to a market orientation; and\u003cbr\u003e*provides the single-best and most sophisticated history of the origins and development of the modern \"HR\" profession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor historians, social scientists, and practitioners, this book is a readable and rewarding study. With the future of work currently under debate, it is critical that the historical process that produced the modern American workplace is understood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRead the \u003ci\u003eWorkforce Management Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e review about \u003ci\u003eEmploying Bureaucracy\u003c\/i\u003e at \u003cb\u003ewww.erlbaum.com.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sanford M. Jacoby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805844090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805844092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Psychology Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.32w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 150","brand":"Sanford M. Jacoby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013790609663,"sku":"9780805844092","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81102a59-f1cc-4e70-aa08-c647485ef5d6.jpg?v=1767744785","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/employing-bureaucracy-sanford-m-jacoby-9780805844092","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}