Strategic Human Resource Management

by Randall S. Schuler (Rutgers University); Susan Jackson (Rutgers University)

• ISBN13: 9780631216018
• ISBN10: 0631216014
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Strategic Human Resource Management, contains 24 articles that describe the field of managing human resources strategically. The book is divided into five parts, each part covering an important aspect of the discipline of strategic human resource management. The articles assembled here represent the work of authors throughout the world, all of whom have been writing in the field of strategic human resource management since its inception. Indeed the authors represented here have been the prime movers and shapers of Strategic HRM. The Reader is intended for all those interested in understanding how organizations can manage their human resources consistent with the needs of both the organization and the wide variety of stakeholders connecting the organization to society. Thus students in undergraduate and graduate courses in human resource management will find this reader informative, useful and readable. Faculty members will find the article to be representative of the thinking of numerous colleagues throughout the world in a single source - for the first time. HR professionals will also find this reader applicable, as the articles are readable and rigorous, yet practical and thoughtful.

Author Biography

Strategic Human Resource Management assembles the best published works in the area of strategic human resource management (SHRM) in a single volume, providing advanced students and senior practitioners with a set of highly readable articles that describe the emerging and exciting field of SHRM.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
List of Figures	xi
List of Tables	xii
List of Exhibits	xiii
Preface	xiv
Acknowledgments	xvi
Introduction	xviii
Part I Definition and Overview of SHRM	1	(124)
Overview of Part I	1	(3)
``Understanding Human Resource Management in the Context of Organizations and Their Environments''	4	(25)
Susan E. Jackson
Randall S. Schuler
``Strategic Human Resources Management: a Review of the Literature and a proposed Typology''	29	(20)
Cynthia A. Lengnick-Hall
Mark L. Lengnick-Hall
``Theoretical Perspectives for Strategic Human Resource Management''	49	(24)
Patrick M. Wright
Gary C. McMahan
``The Strategic HRM Debate and the Resource-based View of the Firm''	73	(17)
Peter Boxall
``Strategic Human Resource Management within a Resource-capability View of the Firm''	90	(20)
Ken Kamoche
``Human Resource Strategy: a Process for Managing the Contribution of HRM to Organizational Performance''	110	(15)
Shaun Tyson
Part II Linking People to the Firm: One Best Way?	125	(104)
Overview of Part II	125	(3)
``Looking Inside for Competitive Advantage''	128	(14)
Jay B. Barney
``Linking Individual Performance to Business Strategy: the People Process Model''	142	(17)
Lynda Gratton
Veronica Hope-Hailey
Philip Stiles
Catherine Truss
``Linking Competitive Strategies with Human Resource Management Practices''	159	(18)
Randall S. Schuler
Susan E. Jackson
``Human Resource Management and Performance: a Review and Research Agenda''	177	(14)
David E. Guest
``Distinctive Human Resources Are Firms' Core Competencies''	191	(16)
Peter Cappelli
Anne Crocker-Hefter
``Toward a Unifying Framework for Exploring Fit and Flexibility in Strategic Human Resource Management''	207	(22)
Patrick M. Wright
Scott A. Snell
Part III Views of the Multiple Stakeholders	229	(88)
Overview of Part III	229	(2)
``HR as a Source of Shareholder Value: Research and Recommendations''	231	(11)
Brian E. Becker
Mark A. Huselid
Peter S. Pickus
Michael F. Spratt
``Competing Pressures for Human Resource Investment''	242	(22)
Gloria Harrell-Cook
Gerald R. Ferris
``HRM and Service Fairness: How Being Fair with Employees Spills over to Customers''	264	(18)
David E. Bowen
Stephen W. Gilliland
Robert Folger
``Rethinking Employment''	282	(35)
Peter Cappelli
Part IV Global Dimensions	317	(96)
Overview of Part IV	317	(2)
``An Integrative Framework of Strategic International Human Resource Management''	319	(37)
Randall S. Schuler
Peter J. Dowling
Helen De Cieri
``Strategic Human Resource Management: the Value of Different Paradigms''	356	(17)
Chris Brewster
``Redefining the Field of European Human Resource Management: a Battle between National Mindsets and Forces of Business Transition?''	373	(23)
Paul R. Sparrow
Jean-Marie Hiltrop
``Creating and Sustaining Ethical Capability in the Multinational Corporation''	396	(17)
Paul F. Buller
Glenn M. McEvoy
Part V Role of the HR Department and HR Professionals	413	(70)
Overview of Part V	413	(3)
``Is Human Resource Management in Crisis?''	416	(17)
Paul R. Sparrow
``The New Human Resources Management: Creating the Strategic Business Partnership''	433	(15)
Susan Albers Mohrman
Edward E. Lawler III
``The New Network Firm: a Spherical Structure Built on a Human Investment Philosophy''	448	(14)
Raymond E. Miles
Charles C. Snow
``Measuring Human Resources: an Overview of Practice and a Prescription for Results''	462	(21)
Dave Ulrich
Index	483