Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Process

by John A. Fossum

In response to market demand, Principles of Taxation Advanced Strategies was developed to provide coverage of advanced tax topics. This book is ideal for students who studied Principles of Taxation for Business and Investment Planning in their introductory course. The two textbooks provide an integrated two-semester sequence of topics that represent a complete educational package for tax students. Nevertheless, Advanced Strategies is written in a self-contained manner. While its approach is consistent with Principles, the technical content builds on knowledge that students should know from their introductory tax course, regardless of the textbook used. Advanced Strategies explores the tax consequences of many sophisticated business, financial, and personal wealth-planning transactions. Each transaction is presented in an economic or legal context, and the nontax motives of the transacting parties are examined before the tax issues are identified. The discussion of tax issues emphasizes the development and implementation of strategies to make transactions as tax efficient as possible to all parties involved. Many of the tax strategies are analyzed in terms of their impact on net cash flows and on the income statements and balance sheets of the transacting parties.

Genres: Business

559 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 1978

Reviews

[Rachel Aranda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Many people who have used this book in a class said it was a good introductory book but it was a very underwhelming read. I was not a big fan of this textbook because of how it was written. Information that was covered in the text was not as detailed as I would have liked. Many times I felt that I had to do my own research to better understand the basics of the topic I had read about in a chapter. It got to the point where reading the chapters became an unpleasant chore but I kept reading knowing it would soon be over. I regret reading this textbook and would not have chosen to read it if it had not been mandated reading for my university's course. All I can say is I can see why a new edition has been published. Hopefully it is better written this this version.

[J. Ewbank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fossum has done an outstanding job of presenting the work of Human Resource Management in dealing with the union. He hits all of the bases and presents the material in a way that is useful for the practitioner of Human Resource Management.

Such a book as this is also necessary for any manager or supervisor to understand the relationship between their jobs (positions) and those who work for them who are in the union.

This is good material and should be on the desk in read by business people.

J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"

[Bill Churchill · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a text book that gives an overview of the issues and tactics involved in labor relations. The focus is on relations between "management" and "organized labor."