Building More Effective Unions

By Paul F. Clark

Book Overview

Paul F. Clark believes union leaders should take advantage of the valuable discoveries made in behavioral science, and, in "Building More Effective Unions," he offers a straightforward account of how they can do so. The second edition provides an updated discussion of important lessons behavioral science holds for labor organizations. It also provides new examples of how unions and their leaders have benefited from putting the principles outlined in the first edition into practice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801487056
• ISBN13: 9780801487057
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A great book for any elected union official (or a candidate seeking to become a union official.)

This book takes a clear look at effectiveness of unions from soup to nuts... from priorities in organizing non-union employees to focusing on priorities once a union is in place. It contains frank and pragmatic discussion and themes that I believe would be useful for union leaders in making the most of whatever circumstances in which they find themselves.

Clear, concise and well-researched

This text can be equally helpful in the field as well as the classroom. Dr. Clark's expertise and research in union building shows through in his logical and clear methods.

This union was effectively built

A smart and savvy look at the way unions can help in managing our lives. Dr. Clark adds a touch of class to the usual ho-hum union research books. This one is a keeper and one that every student in labor studies and industrial relations should keep on their bedside for moments of clarity in which unionization becomes the clear answer in their lives.