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Author Miller, Vernon D

Title Meeting the Challenge of Human Resource Management : a Communication Perspective
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (283 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; PART I Introduction ; 1 Communication and Human Resource Management: Historic Ties and New Relationships; 2 The Importance of Communication in Fulfilling the Strategic Role of HRM ; PART II Staffing ; 3 Employee Recruitment ; 4 The Role of Communication in Intuitive and Analytical Employee Selection; 5 Effective New Employee Socialization: A Review of the Critical Role of Communication ; 6 Promotions and Transfers ; 7 Disclosure and Deception: Communication Issues in Organizational Disengagement
8 How Staffing Functions Communicate to Organization Members and the Public PART III Developing ; 9 Meeting the Communication Challenges of Training ; 10 The Appraisal Interview: Finding the Right Words ; 11 Leadership, Ingratiation, and Upward Communication in Organizations ; 12 Change Management ; 13 Implications of Communication Research for Improving Developing Policies, Procedures, and Functions ; PART IV Conserving ; 14 Attitude Surveys ; 15 How Communication Affects Employee Knowledge of and Reactions to Compensation Systems
16 The Role of Communication in Employee Safety and Health Management 17 Managing Diversity Through Effective Communication ; 18 Work-Life Issues ; 19 Media Management: The Integration of HRM, Technology, and People ; 20 Global Operations ; 21 Implications of Communication Research for Improving Conserving Policies, Procedures, and Functions ; PART V Epilogue ; 22 Mapping the "Trading Zones" of Communication and Human Resource Management ; Contributors ; Index
Summary While communicating is a vital skill for managers at all organizational levels and in all functional areas, human resource managers are expected to be especially adept communicators, given the important interpersonal component of their roles. Practitioners and scholars alike stand to benefit from incorporating an updated and more nuanced view of communication theory and practice into standard human resource management practices. This book compiles readings by thought leaders in human resource management and communication, exploring the intersection of interests, theories, and perspec
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Subject Communication in personnel management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Communication in personnel management
Form Electronic book
Author Gordon, Michael E
ISBN 9781136224973
1136224971