Human Resource Management

by Beardwell, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780273679110
• ISBN10: 0273679112
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Ft Pr

Summary

A comprehensive introduction to HRM, which clearly explains and critiques current theory and illustrates it with interesting and relevant examples.This text is designed to meet the needs of a range of students who are studying HRM; as part of an undergraduate degree in Business or Social Science, as a specialised Masters course, for the CIPD professional qualification scheme, or for an MBA.This text presents a thorough introduction to HRM, exploring a variety of perspectives, styles and arguments. It takes a rigorous, critical approach that is made accessible to students through the consistent chapter structure and special features. New full colour design activities, such as the 'Stop and think' exercises throughout the text give students pause for thought and enable them to absorb and understand the concepts and ideas in both a practical and theoretical context. As in the first edition, there are case studies, exercises, activities and questions at the end of chapters and a longer case study, for more in depth analysis, at the end of each section.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. X
Guided tour of the book	p. XII
Plan of the book	p. XIV
How to use this book	p. XV
Contributors	p. XVI
Acknowledgements	p. XIX
Human Resource Management and Its Organisational Context
An introduction to human resource management: Strategy, Style or Outcome
Strategic human resource management
Human resource management in context
Case study
Resourcing The Organisation
Human resource management and the labour market
Human resource planning
Recruitment and selection
Managing equality and diversity
Case study Employers exploit agency work boom
Developing The Human Resource
Learning and development
Human resource development: The organisation and the national framework
Management development
Case study Transforming Anglian Water
The Employment Relationship
The employment relationship and employee rights at work
Establishing the terms and conditions of employment
Reward and performance management
Employee involvement and empowerment
Case study Malone Superbuy Ltd
International Human Resource Management
HRM in multinationals: A comparative international perspective
Human resource management and Europe
Human resource management in Asia
Case study Global and local: The case of the inoperable HRM strategy
Glossary
Index
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