Cover
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
About the authors
About the contributors
Preface
Authors' acknowledgements
Tour of the book
HRM as I see it: video and text feature
Publisher's acknowledgements
Key topics grid
Part I: the arena of contemporary human resource management
Chapter 1 the nature of contemporary HRM
Outline
Objectives
Introduction
The development of HRM
HRM in practice 1.1: A new role for HR professionals
Management and HRM
The nature of the employment relationship
Scope and functions of HRM
Theoretical perspectives on HRM. HRM in practice 1.2: Twenty-first-century senior HR leaders have a changing roleHRM and globalization: The HRM model in advancing economies?
Studying HRM
Critique and paradox in HRM
Case study: Canterbury Hospital
Summary, Vocab checklist for ESL students, Review questions and Further reading to improve your mark
Chapter 2 corporate strategy and strategic HRM
Outline
Objectives
Introduction
Strategic management
Ethics and corporate social responsibility
HRM in practice 2.1: Killer chemicals and greased palms
Exploring corporate sustainability
Strategic HRM. HRM and globalization: Business urged to keep on eco-trackHRM in practice 2.2: More women leaders: the answer to the financial crisis?
Human resources strategy models
Critiquing SHRM and models of human resources strategy
Case study: Zuvan Winery
Summary, Vocab checklist for ESL students, Review questions and Further reading to improve your mark
Chapter 3 HRM and performance
Outline
Objectives
Introduction
Rationale for evaluating HRM
Modelling HRM and performance
Demonstrating the HRM-performance relationship
HRM in practice 3.1: HR 'can lower NHS death rates' Questioning research on the HRM-performance relationshipHRM and globalization: Evaluating HR practices: the role of qualitative methods
Context, people and the social relations of performance
Case study: Vogue Apparel
Summary, Vocab checklist for ESL students, Review questions and Further reading to improve your mark
Part II: the micro context of human resource management
Chapter 4 work and work systems
Outline
Objectives
Introduction
The primacy of work thesis
The nature of work
HRM in practice: 4.1: Emotion at work
Job design
Classical work systems: scientific management. HRM and globalization: BureaucracySociotechnical work systems: the neo-human relations movement
Post-bureaucratic work systems: the self-management movement
HRM in practice 4.2: The home office
Work redesign, sustainability and HRM
Tension and paradox
HRM in practice 4.3: Technology and HR
Case study: Currency, Inc.
Summary, Vocab checklist for ESL students, Review questions and Further reading to improve your mark
Chapter 5 organizational culture and HRM
Outline
Objectives
Introduction
Culture and modernity
Organizational culture.