Human Resource Management: Key Concepts and Skills

✍ Scribed by Professor Phil B Beaumont

• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 239
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This major textbook meets the clear need for a substantial but accessible introduction to the practice of human resource management (HRM) within the context of relevant theory and current debates. In a discussion that ranges from the strategic and policy aspects of HRM to the day-to-day processes of employee management, the author identifies and explores key concepts and skills. Distinctive features of the book include: a focus on issues of direct relevance to all line managers, not just to human resource specialists; a combination of a knowledge-based approach with a practical introduction to the most important skills; numerous examples, encapsulating concepts and techniques in clear tables, and a teaching appendix of discuss

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 12
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
1 - COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT......Page 22
2 - ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE......Page 47
3 - THE SELECTION DECISION......Page 69
4 - APPRAISING EMPLOYEES......Page 87
5 - REWARD AND COMPENSATION SYSTEMS......Page 115
6 - CAREER MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 142
7 - EMPLOYEE-MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS......Page 168
8 - EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION, SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES AND TEAM WORKING......Page 189
9 - SQUARING THE CIRCLE?......Page 216
APPENDIX: TEACHING MATERIAL......Page 231
INDEX......Page 234