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Human resource management / Derek Torrington, Laura Hall, Stephen Taylor.

By: Torrington, Derek, 1931-.
Contributor(s): Hall, Laura, 1952- | Taylor, Stephen, 1965-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2008Edition: 7th ed.Description: xxi, 882 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780273710752 ; 0273710753 .Subject(s): Personnel managementDDC classification: 658.3
Contents:
Part 1: Human resource management in changing times -- Part 2: Resourcing: getting people in the right places to do the right things -- Part 3: Performance: successes through individual and collective achievement -- Part 4: Development -- Part 5: Employee relations -- Part 6: Reward -- Part 7: Contemporary issues -- Part 8: Selected HR skills.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This text provides a comprehensive, practical description and discussion of the functions of personnel management, supported by extensive illustrative material and evidence from current practice.

Previous ed.: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Human resource management in changing times -- Part 2: Resourcing: getting people in the right places to do the right things -- Part 3: Performance: successes through individual and collective achievement -- Part 4: Development -- Part 5: Employee relations -- Part 6: Reward -- Part 7: Contemporary issues -- Part 8: Selected HR skills.

CIT Module MGMT 6028 - Supplementary reading

CIT Module MGMT 6029 - Supplementary reading

CIT Module MGMT 6034 - Core reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I Introduction
  • 1 The nature of Human Resource Management
  • 2 Strategic Human Resource Management
  • 3 Planning: jobs and people
  • 4 The international dimension
  • Part I Focus on skills
  • Part II Resourcing
  • 5 Strategic aspects of resourcing
  • 6 Contracts, contractors and consultants
  • 7 Recruitment
  • 8 Selection methods and decisions
  • 9 Staff retention
  • 10 Ending the contract
  • Part II Focus on skills
  • Part III Performance
  • 11 Strategic aspects of performance
  • 12 Organisational performance: knowledge and learning
  • 13 Employee Performance Management
  • 14 Leadership and change management
  • 15 Managing absence and attendance
  • Part III Focus on skills
  • Part IV Development
  • 16 Strategic aspects of development
  • 17 Context, competence and competencies
  • 18 Learning and development
  • 19 Career development
  • Part IV Focus on skills
  • Part V Employee relations
  • 20 Strategic aspects of employee relations
  • 21 Employee involvement
  • 22 Health, safety and welfare
  • 23 The legal framework for equality
  • 24 Equal opportunities and diversity
  • 25 Grievance and discipline
  • Part V Focus on skills
  • Part VI Reward
  • 26 Strategic aspects of reward
  • 27 Salaries
  • 28 Incentives
  • 29 Pensions and benefits
  • Part VI Focus on skills
  • Part VII Emerging Issues
  • 30 Ethics and corporate social responsibility
  • 31 Work-life balance
  • 32 The changing HR function
  • 33 Information Technology and Human Capital Measurement
  • 34 The future of work
  • Part VII Focus on skills

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Derek Torrington is Emeritus Professor of Management, University of Manchester. Laura Hall and Stephen Taylor are both Senior Lecturers in HRM at Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as National Examiners for the CIPD.