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Blackwell cases in human resource and change management / edited by John Storey.

Contributor(s): Storey, John, 1947-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford, UK Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1996Description: xiv, 371 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0631197524 (alk. paper); 9780631197522.Other title: Cases in human resource and change management | Human resource and change management.Subject(s): Organizational change -- Management -- Case studies | Personnel management -- Case studies | Business and Management | Business & Management | Business strategy | Personnel & human resources managementDDC classification: 658.3 STO Summary: Containing 26 new cases from a wide range of countries, this book captures the crucial contemporary issues and trends in human resource and strategic change management.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Containing 26 entirely new cases from a wide range of countries, Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management vividly captures the crucial contemporary issues and trends in HR and strategic change management.
Drawing on in-depth research by leading authorities in the field, each case, accompanied by analyses and lists of further readings, offers real life illustrations of modern theory and practice and includes pertinent discussion questions for students.
In addition to all of the 'core' areas of resourcing, developing, IR, and equal opportunities, there is also coverage of process engineering, mergers and acquisitions, ways of limiting the need for redundancies and insight into how managers can learn to enact strategic change.
Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of HRM and change management.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Containing 26 new cases from a wide range of countries, this book captures the crucial contemporary issues and trends in human resource and strategic change management.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I Business Strategy and Human Resources:
  • 1 Global Products and Contract Catering Acquisitions
  • 2 BMW
  • Part II The Management of Change:
  • 3 Transitions and Transformations
  • 4 ChocCo
  • 5 Oticon
  • 6 Volkswagen
  • 7 The Danish Patent Office
  • 8 Saarland Steel
  • 9 American Medical Technologies Inc
  • Part III Key Practical Areas:
  • 10 Optus
  • 11 Manuflex plc
  • 12 Three Roads to Quality
  • 13 Next Patient Please
  • 14 The Ministry of Education
  • 15 British Rail
  • 16 LeisureCo
  • 17 Royal Mail
  • 18 COCO, CECO and DECO
  • 19 Metropol
  • 20 Richer Sounds
  • 21 Unilever
  • 22 Superco
  • Part IV International Management
  • 23 FMS at Diesel Engines plc
  • 24 ABB
  • 25 Indian Snacks
  • 26 Food and Drink International

Author notes provided by Syndetics

John Storey is Professor of Human Resource Management at the Open University Business School, UK.