Content: Preface Guided tour Plan of the book How to use this book Contributors Acknowledgements Part 1 Human resource management and its organisational context Introduction to part 1 1 An introduction to human resource management Julie Beardwell and Ian Clark 2 Strategic human resource management Nicky Golding 3 Contextualising HRM: developing critical thinking Audrey Collin Part 1 case study: How well are we doing at work? Part 2 Resourcing the organisation Introduction to part 2 4 Human resource management and the labour market Tim Claydon and Amanda Thompson 5 Human resource planning Julie Beardwell 6 Recruitment and selection Julie Beardwell 7 Managing equality and diversity Mike Noon Part 2 case study: Teacher shortages Part 3 Developing the human resource Introduction to part 3 8 Learning and development Audrey Collin 9 Human resource development: the organisational and national framework Mairi Watson 10 Management development Mike Doyle Part 3 case study: Transforming Anglia Water Part 4 The employment relationship Introduction to part 4 11 The employment relationship and employee rights at work Ian Clark 12 Establishing the terms and conditions of employment Sue Marlow and Trevor Colling 13 Reward and performance management Alan J Ryan and Julia Pointon 14 Employee participation and involvement Peter Butler and Linda Glover Part 4 case study: Malone Superbuy Ltd Part 5 International human resource management Introduction to part 5 15 HRM trends and prospects: a comparative perspective Ian Clark and Tim Claydon 16 Human resource management in China and India Linda Glover and Anita Trivedi 17 International HRM Phil Almond and Olga Tregaskis Part 5 case study: Global and local: the case of the inoperable HRM strategy Glossary of terms and abbreviations Index