Human Resource Management : Theory and Practice.

This established text provides comprehensive coverage of HRM theory supported by high quality cases. This edition has been thoroughly updated to make it accessible and engaging for undergraduate and postgraduate students. New features include interviews with real-life HR gurus, a focus on the global implications of HR and ESL student support. 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. This accessible yet challenging text provides a comprehensive introduction to HRM. With a good balance of theory and practice, the text critically evaluates current developments in the subject, such as strategy and the impact of technology. Fully up-to-date revised edition with new exciting real-world features including video interviews with HR managers. In the words of video interviewees for Human Resource Management fifth edition: 'The HR strategy absolutely underpins the business strategy' - Lesley White, HR Director UK and Ireland, Huawei Technologies 'Organisations provide a differential through their people' - Keith Hanlon-Smith, Employee Relations Director, Norland Managed Services This new edition of Human Resource Management: Theory and Practice combines comprehensive text and web material to help you understand the context of the rapidly changing contemporary workplace and the importance of HRM within it. The authors challenge you to think critically and to apply this to the real world of business. Key features include: Two new chapters on Leadership and management development, and Organisational culture and HRM HRM and Globalization - sections analysing HRM on an international scale and the challenges of managing people across borders A focus on contemporary themes such as sustainability, dignity at work, diversity and emotion HRM as I see it - online video interviews with HR managers at organisations such as Sky, Bupa and Unite the Union, with accompanying questions in the textbook HRM in Practice sections and Case Studies - demonstrate HRM at work in the real world and encourage you to be analytical about practical issues Online multi-choice questions and skills development guide - aid your understanding and help you get to grips with writing reports and giving presentations. Visit www.palgrave.com/business/bratton5 for comprehensive supporting materials for lecturers and students, including all-new video interviews with HR professionals