Human Resource Management

• ‘Theory into Practice’ and ‘Putting it into Practice’ at the end of chapters enable readers to review, link and apply their understanding of the chapter to a practical business scenario
• ‘Window on Practice’ provides illustrative material throughout the text, including examples of real company practice, survey results, anecdotes and quotations, and court cases
• Discussion boxes are two or three short questions intended for general discussion in a tutorial or study group to encourage critical thinking and understanding
• Activities and exercises throughout to encourage students to engage with their learning
• Employability skills chapters cover basic skills to learn by practice
  

New to this edition

• ‘Theory into Practice’ and ‘Putting it into Practice’ at the end of chapters enable readers to review, link and apply their understanding of the chapter to a practical business scenario
• ‘Window on Practice’ provides illustrative material throughout the text, including examples of real company practice, survey results, anecdotes and quotations, and court cases
• Discussion boxes are two or three short questions intended for general discussion in a tutorial or study group to encourage critical thinking and understanding
• Activities and exercises throughout to encourage students to engage with their learning
  Employability skills chapters cover basic skills to learn by practise
  
  

Guided tour
Preface
Publisher’s acknowledgements

Part 1 - Human resource management in the modern world

1 The nature of human resource management
2 The global context for human resource management
3 HRM around the world
4 Strategic human resouce management
5 Workforce planning, analytics and AI
6 Employability: the basic skills

Part 2 - Resourcing: getting people in the right places to do the right things

7 Organisational agility and flexibility
8 Recruitment
9 Selection methods and decisions
10 Employability: skills in resourcing

Part 3 - Performance: success through individual and collective achievement

11 Employee performance management
12 Leadership
13 Managing attendance and absence
14 Engagement and retention
15 Employability: skills in performance

Part 4 - Development

16 Organisational change and development
17 The context of employee learning and development
18 Learning and development
19 Talent and career development
20 Employability: skills in learning and development

Part 5 - Employee relations

21 Employee voice
22 The legal framework of work
23 Diversity and inclusion
24 Employability: skills in employee relations

Part 6 - Reward: the contract for payment

25 Total reward and setting pay
26 Incentives
27 Pensions and benefits
28 Employability: skills in reward

Part 7 - Contemporary issues

29 HRM and business ethics
30 Managing the human resource function
31 HR in small and medium-sized enterprises
32 Health and well-being
33 Managing the international workforce
34 The future of work
35 Advanced HR skills

Index