Books by Paul D. Fisher

For those approaching employment law for the first time, either in the course of an undergraduate or postgraduate elective within a law degree, or as students of business, HRM and allied professions, Unlocking Employment Law will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease, providing you with an indispensible foundation in the subject. Including all the latest developments in law, such as the developments relating to the Equality Act 2010, the book explains in detailed, yet straightforward terms: The origins of modern employment law The effect of EU membership on UK employment law Institutions and procedure Employment status The contract of employment Restraint of trade Implied terms Statutory employment protections Protection from discrimination Health and safety law Grievances and discipline TUPE transfers Termination of employment Contractual duties of ex-employees Trade Union membership and collective bargaining. The companion website www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk provides supporting resources such as multiple choice questions and updates in law. The Unlocking the Law series is designed specifically to make the law accessible. Each chapter contains: aims and objectives activities such as self-test questions key facts charts diagrams

New Giants Rising will take a simple, sociology-driven approach to explaining how human beings function productively in a specialist-led environment. It will use the same hypothesis as Beyond the Days of the Giants (2013), but instead of a focusing on a change mission and reducing non-value added costs, it will use the sociological themes of Sharing Purpose, Sharing Quality, and Sharing Language.

During the next decade, nearly half of all public accounting firm partners will retire. This exodus will put an enormous intellectual and financial drain on firms. This book provides an implementation guide for accounting firms during this next critical decade. It supplies step-by-set guidance on how to document an organizational culture, how to prepare production systems to build and operate value management systems, and how to re-orient practitioners on the value-creation practice.