Human Resource Management, 6th edition
A Contemporary Approach
By Julie Beardwell & Tim Claydon
Financial Times / Prentice Hall
April 2010
ISBN: 9780273739654
709 Pages
$117.50 Paper Original

The expert authors of this leading text present a thorough introduction to HRM by exploring a variety of perspectives, styles and arguments. It takes a rigorous, critical approach that makes contemporary developments in Human Resource Management accessible to students.

They explore the most pressing and topical themes and debates of today – the effects of HRM on organisational performance, management and leadership development, performance management and employee reward – whilst covering in depth the theory and practice of the operational aspects of HRM. The final part of the text compares trends in HRM around the world, with a particular focus on India and China, as well as the influence of multinational corporations.

Human Resource Management is written for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students, as well as those studying for the CIPD qualifications.

Contents

PART 1: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ITS ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT
Introduction to Part 1

1. An introduction to human resource management (Julie Beardwell & Ian Clark)
2. Strategic human resource management (Nicky Golding)
3. Contextualising HRM: developing critical thinking (Audrey Collin)
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 (Tim Claydon & Amanda Thompson)
5. Talent management (Julie Beardwell)
6. Managing equality and diversity (Mike Noon)
Part 2 Case study

PART 3: DEVELOPING THE HUMAN RESOURCE

Introduction to Part 3

7. Learning and development (Audrey Collin)
8. Human resource development: the organisational and national framework (Mairi Watson)
9. Management and leadership development (Mairi Watson)
Part 3 Case study

PART 4: THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
Introduction to Part 4

10. The employment relationship and employee rights at work (Ian Clark & Alan J. Ryan)
11. Establishing the terms and conditions of employment (Susan Marlow, Robert Carter & Trevor Colling)
12. Performance management (Julia Pointon)
13. Employee reward (Amanda Thompson & Alan J. Ryan)
14. Employee participation and involvement (Peter Butler & Linda Glover)
Part 4 Case study: Malone Suberbuy Ltd

PART 5: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Introduction to Part 5

15. HRM trends and prospects: a comparative perspective (Ian Clark & Tim Claydon)
16. Human resource management in China and India (Linda Glover & Anita Hammer)
17. International HRM (Phil Almond & Olga Tregaskis)
Part 5 Case study: Global and local – the case of the inoperable HRM strategy

Glossary of terms and abbreviations
Index

Features

Author
The 6th edition of Human Resource Management is edited by Julie Beardwell, Associate Dean and Head of HRM at Leeds Business School, and Tim Claydon, Head of HRM at De Montfort University, Leicester.



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