Human Resource Management in Context : A Case Study Approach

by Newell; Scarbrough

• ISBN13: 9780333921357
• ISBN10: 0333921356
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-12
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This textbook is designed for advanced undergraduates and MBA students of human resource management. Using a thematic rather than a techniques-based structure, it provides an opportunity to engage with current problems and issues by going beyond the normal emphasis on best practice and techniques and developing an awareness of the wider context. Accompanied by a website at http://www.palgrave.com/business/newell containing lecturer support materials, this text presents the key themes underpinning an understanding of human resource management through the use of detailed research-based case studies.

Author Biography

Helen Newell is Lecturer in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.

Harry Scarbrough is Research Director and Professor of Organisational Analysis at Leicester University Management Centre.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
Notes on the contributors	x
Introduction	1	(8)
Helen Newell
Harry Scarbrough
Analysing case studies	5	(3)
Reference	8	(1)
Understanding Human Resource Management	9	(30)
Helen Newell
Harry Scarbrough
Introduction	10	(2)
Dimensions of change	12	(1)
The importance of external and internal organisational contexts	13	(14)
The links between business strategy and HRM strategy	27	(3)
The role of management in HR	30	(4)
Patterns of employment	34	(1)
The gap between policy and practice	35	(1)
Conclusion	36	(1)
References	37	(2)
Alcan: Managing Change The Case of Teamwork	39	(18)
Paul Edwards
Martyn Wright
Debates on teamworking	40	(2)
How widespread is teamwork?	42	(1)
Factors which promote teamwork	43	(2)
The case study	45	(9)
References	54	(3)
Buildsoc: Does Teamworking Mean Team Pay?	57	(22)
Keith Sisson
The significance of the pay system	58	(5)
The experience of PRP	63	(3)
The coming of teamwork	66	(4)
Conclusion	70	(1)
The case study	71	(6)
References	77	(2)
Accountco: Small is Beautiful? Hr Planning in a Small Firm	79	(28)
Helen Newell
Human resource planning	80	(1)
Approaches to human resource planning	81	(3)
Human resource management in small firms	84	(3)
What are recruitment and selection?	87	(1)
The importance of getting recruitment and selection `right'	88	(1)
The regulatory environment	89	(1)
The `best practice' model	90	(11)
The case study	101	(3)
References	104	(3)
Multico: New Technology and the Salesforce Introducing Technical Change in a Non-Union Environment	107	(22)
Helen Newell
Caroline Lloyd
Introducing technical change	108	(9)
The case study	117	(9)
References	126	(3)
London Borough: A Partnership Agreement?	129	(24)
Keith Sisson
Partnership in theory and practice	130	(17)
The case study	147	(3)
References	150	(3)
Bankco: Managerial and Organisational Learning	153	(24)
Elena Antonacopoulou
Who learns, the organisation or its employees?	154	(4)
The factors which inhibit or facilitate managerial learning	158	(8)
The retail banking sector	166	(1)
The case study	167	(7)
References	174	(3)
Pharmaco: Organisational Restructuring and Job Insecurity	177	(18)
Helen Newell
Caroline Lloyd
Job insecurity	178	(5)
The pharmaceutical industry	183	(1)
The case study	183	(9)
References	192	(3)
Telco: Managing a Diverse Workforce	195	(22)
Sonia Liff
Anti-discrimination legislation and equality codes of practice	196	(10)
The case study	206	(8)
References	214	(3)
Engineering Products: Internationalising Production	217	(22)
Tony Edwards
The internationalisation of economic activity	218	(10)
The automotive components industry	228	(1)
The case study	229	(6)
References	235	(4)
Conclusions: Developing the New Agenda For HRM	239	(6)
Helen Newell
Harry Scarbrough
HRM and the management of change	242	(1)
HRM: developing the new agenda	243	(1)
References	244	(1)
Index	245