Human resource management : a contemporary approach / edited by Julie Beardwell and Tim Claydon.
Contributor(s): Beardwell, Julie
| Claydon, Tim.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: Harlow, England ; New York : Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2007Edition: 5th ed.Description: xxi, 694 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0273707639; 9780273707639.Subject(s): Personnel management -- TextbooksDDC classification: 658.3 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00163125 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This introductory text aims to provide a balance between conceptual issues surrounding the debate on human-resource management and more practical aspects. This edition features an updated section on Europe and a number of new case studies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Human resource management and its organisational context -- An introduction to human resource management / Julie Beardwell and Ian Clark -- Strategic human resource management / Nicky Golding -- Contextualising HRM: developing critical thinking / Audrey Collin -- Part 2: Resourcing the organisation -- Human resource management and the labour market / Tim Claydon and Amanda Thompson -- Human resource planning / Julie Beardwell -- Recruitment and selection / Julie Beardwell -- Managing equality and diversity / Mike Noon -- Part 3: Developing the human resource -- Learning and development / Audrey Collin -- Human resource development: the organisational and national framework / Mairi Watson -- Management development / Mike Doyle -- Part 4: The employment relationship -- The employment relationship and employee rights at work / Ian Clark -- Establishing the terms and conditions of employment / Sue Marlow and Trevor Colling -- Reward and performance management / Alan J. Ryan and Julia Pointon -- Employee participation and involvement / Peter Butler and Linda Glover -- Part 5: International human resource management -- HRM trends and prospects: a comparative perspective / Ian Clark and Tim Claydon -- Human resource management in China and India / Linda Glover and Anita Trivedi -- International HRM / Phil Almond and Olga Tregaskis.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Guided tour
- Plan of the book
- How to use this book
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1 Human resource management and its organisational context
- Introduction to Part 1
- 1 An introduction to human resource management
- 2 Strategic human resource management
- 3 Contextualising HRM: developing critical thinking
- Part 1 case study: How well are we doing at work?
- Part 2 Resourcing the organisation
- Introduction to Part 2
- 4 Human resource management and the labour market
- 5 Human resource planning
- 6 Recruitment and selection
- 7 Managing equality and diversity
- Part 2 case study: Teacher shortages
- Part 3 Developing the human resource
- Introduction to Part 3
- 8 Learning and development
- 9 Human resource development: the organisational and national framework
- 10 Management development
- Part 3 case study: Transforming Anglia Water
- Part 4 The employment relationship
- Introduction to Part 4
- 11 The employment relationship and employee rights at work
- 12 Establishing the terms and conditions of employment
- 13 Reward and performance management
- 14 Employee participation and involvement
- Part 4 case study: Malone Superbuy Ltd
- Part 5 International human resource management
- Introduction to Part 5
- 15 HRM trends and prospects: a comparative perspective
- 16 Human resource management in China and India
- 17 International HRM
- Part 5 case study: Global and local: the case of the inoperable HRM strategy
- Glossary of terms and abbreviations
- Index