Human Resource Management: A Critical Introduction

✍ Scribed by David G. Collings, Geoffrey Wood

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 332
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Effective management of human resources is essential to the success of any organization. In this authoritative, sophisticated and engaging new text on Human Resource Management, an international team of leading analysts guides the advanced student through this fundamental discipline of management in all its complexity. The book explores all the central themes and concepts of HRM theory and practice, and introduces the most important issues influencing contemporary practice in a wide range of organizational contexts. It systematically examines the main functional areas of HRM, and engages with a number of key contemporary issues for both scholars and practitioners. Topics covered include:  Strategic HRM Ethics in HRM Knowledge management HRM and performance Outsourcing and implications for HRM HRM in small and medium enterprises Key functional areas of HR practice International HRM Adopting a critical perspective throughout that challenges the student to examine closely the fundamental purpose and practices of HRM, this book is essential reading for all serious students of Human Resource Management and for any HRM professional looking to deepen his understanding of the subject.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 8
Tables......Page 9
About the editors......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
1 Human resource management: A critical approach......Page 14
Section I The context of HRM......Page 30
2 HRM in changing organizational contexts......Page 32
3 Strategic HRM: A critical review......Page 51
4 HRM and organizational performance......Page 68
5 HRM: An ethical perspective......Page 88
6 Organizational outsourcing and the implications for HRM......Page 105
7 The socio-cultural aspects of knowledge management and the links to HRM: A critical perspective......Page 126
8 HRM in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs)......Page 143
Section II The practice of HRM......Page 162
9 Recruitment and selection......Page 164
10 HR planning: Institutions, strategy, tools and techniques......Page 182
11 Performance management......Page 202
12 Reward management......Page 221
13 Human resource development......Page 235
14 Industrial relations and human resource management......Page 250
Section III The international context of HRM......Page 274
15 Human resource management in emerging markets......Page 276
16 Comparative HRM: The debates and the evidence......Page 291
17 International human resource management......Page 309
Index......Page 326

✦ Subjects

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