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  • The Practice of Human Resource Management in Canada

    by Bob Barnetson, Jason Foster ...
    Series series OPEL (Open Paths to Enriched Learning)
    This introductory human resource management (HRM) textbook provides students with an overview of the major domains of human resource management (the “how-to”) with a focus on the practical application of the most recent HRM research and best practices. Students will learn to understand, anticipate, and respond to how power, profit, and intersectionality shape the practice of HRM. Moving beyond the ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Canada’s Labour Market Training System

    by Bob Barnetson ...
    Series series OPEL: Open Paths to Enriched Learning
    How does the current labour market training system function and whose interests does it serve? In this introductory textbook, Bob Barnetson wades into the debate between workers and employers, and governments and economists to investigate the ways in which labour power is produced and reproduced in Canadian society. After sifting through the facts and interpretations of social scientists and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada

    by Ricardo Acuna, Bob Barnetson, Sara Dorow, Josh Evans, Jason Foster, Joy Fraser, Trevor Harrison, Paul Kellogg, Manijeh Mannani, Gabrielle Slowey, Peter (Jay) Smith, Karen Wall ...
    Prior to May 2015, the oil-rich jurisdiction of Alberta had, for over four decades, been a one-party state. During that time, the rule of the Progressive Conservatives essentially went unchallenged, with critiques of government policy falling on deaf ears and Alberta ranking behind other provinces in voter turnout. Given the province’s economic reliance on oil revenues, a symbiotic relationship ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Farm Workers in Western Canada

    Injustices and Activism

    Edited by Shirley A. McDonald, Bob Barnetson ...
    Bill 6, the government of Alberta’s contentious farm workers’ safety legislation, sparked public debate as no other legislation has done in recent years. The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act provides a right to work safely and a compensation system for those killed or injured at work, similar to other provinces. In nine essays, contributors to Farm Workers in Western Canada place ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces

    by Jason Foster, Bob Barnetson ...
    Series Book 4 - OPEL (Open Paths to Enriched Learning)
    Workplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers, their families, and the communities in which they live. This textbook is for workers and students looking for an introduction to injury prevention on the job. It offers an extensive overview of central occupational health and safety (OHS) concepts and practices and provides practical suggestions for health and safety advocacy. ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada:

    by Bob Barnetson ...
    Series series Fabriks: Studies in the Working Class
    Workplace injuries are common avoidable and unacceptable. The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts intervening only when necessary to maintain the system's legitimacy. Dr. Bob Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system highlighting the way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Human Resource Management DeMYSTiFieD

    by Robert G. DelCampo ...
    Series series Demystified
    The low-labor guide to mastering HRM!Want to dive into human resources but your brain says, "Help wanted!"? No problem! Put Human Resource Management DeMYSTiFieD on the job, and you'll solve your dilemma in no time!Using a clear, step-by-step format, this practical guide provides a firm foundation in the basics of the field. You'll master all the key issues in human resources, like benefits, legal ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Big Shift

    The Seismic Change in Canadian Politics, Business, and Culture and What It Means for Our Future

    by Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson ...
    For almost its entire history, Canada has been run by the political, media and business elites of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. But in the past few years, these groups have lost their power—and most of them still do not realize it’s gone. The Laurentian Consensus, the term John Ibbitson has coined for the dusty liberal elite, has been replaced by a new, powerful coalition based in the West and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication

    A Guide to Internal Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, and Leadership

    by Tamara Gillis, IABC ...
    Series Book 11 - J-B International Association of Business Communicators
    The IABC Handbook of Organizational CommunicationTHIS NEW EDITION of The IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication contains a comprehensive collection of practical knowledge about successful corporate communication and its effect on an organization as a whole.Thoroughly revised and updated to meet the realities of today’s organizational environment, the second edition of The IABC Handbook of ... Read more

    $101.00 USD

  • Canada after Harper

    His ideology-fuelled attack on Canadian society and values, and how we can now work to create the country we want

    by Ed Finn ...
    Most Canadians know that Stephen Harper has had a tremendous impact on the country since becoming prime minister in 2006. But few have the in-depth knowledge of how far his transformation has gone -- what has already been done, and what the consequences will be in the future.This book brings together Canadian experts in a wide variety of areas. They document key changes put in place by the Harper ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Inside the Boardroom

    How Boards Really Work and the Coming Revolution in Corporate Governance

    by Richard Leblanc, James Gillies ...
    Distinguished governance experts offer cures for what ails our boards of directorsIn light of corporate malfeasance in recent years, the governance of corporations has been receiving great attention from regulators, researchers, shareholders, and directors themselves. Based on Richard Leblanc's in-depth five-year study of 39 boards of directors of both for- and not-for-profit organizations, ... Read more

    $36.00 USD

  • Development

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Ian Goldin ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years.The notion of development itself has evolved from an original preoccupation with incomes and economic growth to a much broader ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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