The Maintenance Crew for the Human Machinery

A doctoral thesis that examines the development of the personnel function in labour organisations. Starting from a history of personnel management in the Netherlands during the second half of the 20th century, it analyses the structural transformation in societal-economic environment from which originate far-reaching changes in employee relations.

Bernardus Hendrikus Ligteringen

THE MAINTENANCE CREW FOR THE HUMAN MACHINERY, Introduction, PART I. THE SUBJECT AND HOW TO DORESEARCH ON IT, 1. How Personnel Management Changed in theNetherlands, 2. Research philosophy:The case for qualitative research, PART II. THE HEART OF THE MATTERAN ESSAY ON THE DIVISION OF LABOURAND MANAGERIAL POWER, 3. The Origins of Managerial Control, 4. The division of labour and social cohesion, PART III. STRUCTURE AND IDEAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT IDEOLOGY IN THE 20TH CENTURY, 5. Guided Capitalism and Beyond, 6. The Inside and Outside of Work, 7. The ideology of management, PART IV. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, 8. A radical theory on personnel management, 9. The End of HRM: Two Scenarios