Offering a critical assessment of the main conceptual debates concerning labour management partnership and cooperation at the workplace, this book evaluates the search for positive employment relations in five countries. The provision of collective employee representation, normally through trade unions, is central to most definitions of labour management partnership, and the aim is to develop collaborative relationships between unions, employers and employee representatives for the benefit all parties.  While traditionally associated with employment relations in the coordinated market economies of the continental European nations, partnership approaches have attracted increasing attention in recent decades in the liberal market economies of the UK, Ireland, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Developing Positive Employment Relations assesses the conceptual debates, reviews the employment relations context in each of these countries, and provides workplace case studies of the dynamics of partnership at the enterprise level.

Electrochemical Polymer Electrolyte Membranes covers PEMs from fundamentals to applications, describing their structure, properties, characterization, synthesis, and use in electrochemical energy storage and solar energy conversion technologies. Featuring chapters authored by leading experts from academia and industry, this authoritative text:

• Discusses cutting-edge methodologies in PEM material selection and fabrication
• Points out important challenges in developing PEMs and recommends mitigation strategies to improve PEM performance
• Analyzes the current integration of PEMs with primary power devices and explores research trends for the next generation of PEMs

Electrochemical Polymer Electrolyte Membranes provides a systematic overview of the state of the art of PEM development, making the book a beneficial resource for researchers, students, industrial professionals, and manufacturers.

Nonunion employee representation (NER) has become a much discussed topic in the last decade in the fields of human resource management, employment relations, and employment/labor law. Two reasons account for this. The first is the long-term and cumulatively substantial decline in trade union membership and density in most countries – for many decades the traditional form of worker representation – and, hence, a burgeoning interest among practitioners, policy-makers, and academics in discovering and evaluating alternative forms of worker representation, particularly in non-union settings. The second important motive is the increasing emphasis companies are giving to enhanced methods of employee involvement, participation and voice, particularly when embedded in what is now popularly called a 'high performance work system' model of employment. This book examines the purpose, structure, and performance of various types of employee representation bodies created by companies in non-union settings to promote collective forums for voice and involvement at the workplace.

This unique volume presents the first longitudinal evidence on the performance, success, and failure of NER plans over an extended time period. It examines the long-run track record of NER – a critical issue because one of the major criticisms of NER plans is that they quickly 'flame-out.' Consisting of twelve detailed, in-depth case studies of actual NER plans in operation, Voice and Involvement at Work captures an unequalled international and comparative perspective through a wide cross-section of different NER forms.

Sharma (general practitioner, special interest in gynecology) presents this dense reference for other doctors addressing gynecological conditions commonly encountered in the primary care setting, such as dysmenorrhea, abnormal vaginal discharge, pelvic pain, non-menstrual bleeding, incontinence, infertility, menopause, and many others. Earlier chapters focus on presenting symptoms, while later chapters address diagnosed conditions. Recommendations for differential diagnosis, testing, patient communication, and treatment are given, with detailed information on efficacy and levels of supporting evidence. The book is especially written with an interest in establishing quality care standards with the recent structural changes in the NHS. Distributed in the US by Martin P. Hill Consulting. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)