People Resourcing & Talent Planning, 4th edition
HRM in Practice
By Stephan Pilbeam & Marjorie Corbridge
July 2010
Financial Times / Prentice Hall
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780273719540 
598 Pages, Illustrated
$99.50 Paper Original
Focuses on the resourcing of organisations with people, this engaging text achieves a balance between academic rigour and practitioner relevance. This balanced approach, together with the breadth and versatility of the content, enables the book to be used effectively for modules based on the CIPD Professional Standards and other upper-level HRM modules.
Substantially revised and updated to match new CIPD Professional Standards, this fourth edition promises to make the subject even more involving and understandable. Readable and clear, People Resourcing and Talent Management uses real life examples and case studies to examine how HR theory and concepts apply in practice.
This book addresses a broad range of HR issues and covers all the activities that are essential for the acquiring, managing and retaining talent – this from HR planning through to release from employment. It describes and analyses contemporary HR practice and puts it into context, covering the latest developments in people resourcing and talent planning.
This text meets the knowledge and understanding requirements for the CIPD’s Resourcing and Talent Management module.
Table of contents
Chapter 1- People Resourcing – the changing world of work and contemporary human resource management
Chapter 2- Human Resources Strategy – perspectives and theories
Chapter 3- Competencies in People Resourcing
Chapter 4- Human Resource Planning, Talent Planning and Worker Flexibility
Chapter 5- HR Information Systems and e-enabled HR
Chapter 6- Recruitment: attracting the right people
Chapter 7- Selection: choosing the right people
Chapter 8- Managing Diversity
Chapter 9- Pay, Reward and Resourcing
Chapter 10- Reward, Financial Benefits and Pensions
Chapter 11- Managing and Appraising Performance
Chapter 12- Human Resource Development
Chapter 13- Managing Health and Safety at Work
Chapter 14- The Strategic Management of Employee Well-being
Chapter 15- Employment Relations in Context
Chapter 16- Employment Relations Processes
Chapter 17- Conflict Resolution: discipline and grievance
Chapter 18- Termination of Employment
Chapter 19- Managing Redundancy
Features
Among the most valuable features and aids to learning in the book are:
- Learning aims and outcomes at the start of each chapter, and summaries at the end of each chapter, to consolidate learning.
- A range of features including illustrative exhibits, discussion topics, assignments, in-class activities, further reading suggestions and coursework opportunities.
- In-depth case studies on a range of organisations that examine how HR theory works in practice.
- A guide showing how the content of this book maps against the CIPD Resourcing and Talent Management Module, with relevant chapters listed against the matching module content.
Author
Stephen Pilbeam is a Principal Lecturer in HRM and the course leader for the Masters in HRM at the University of Portsmouth Business School. Stephen is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and serves on the CIPD Quality Assurance panel.
Prior to working at the University Stephen held senior HR positions in the private sector.
Marjorie Corbridge is a Principal Lecturer in HRM at the University of Portsmouth Business School. Marjorie is a Chartered Member of the CIPD and recently served as Chair of the CIPD Portsmouth Group. Prior to working at the University Marjorie held senior HR positions in the public sector.
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