| Description |
xix, 540 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Human resource management in action series |
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Human resource management in action.
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| Contents |
Introduction. Human resource management : into maturity? / Brian Towers -- Contexts. Human resource management in the United Kingdom / David Guest -- Human relations management in the USA / George Strauss -- Human resource management in Japanese manufacturing companies in the UK and USA / Barry Wilkinson and / Nick Oliver -- Human resource management : the European dimension / Paul Kirkbride -- Industrial relations reform and organizational change : towards strategic human resource management in Australia / Greg F. Bamber and / Richard B. Sappey -- Trade unions and human resource management / P.B. Beaumont -- Human resource management : a sceptical look / Ramsumair Singh -- Practice. Ethics, strategy and human resource management : delivering value to the employee / Paul Miller -- Human resource management and selection : better solutions or new dilemmas / Dora Scholarios and / Cliff Lockyer -- Performance appraisal / Gordon Anderson -- Involvement, empowerment and commitment / Harvie Ramsay -- Workforce flexibility / Paul Blyton -- Human Resource management and flexibility in pay : new solutions or old problems? / Cliff Lockyer -- Training and development : the employers' responsibility? / Jeff Hyman -- Human resource management and women : the vision of the gender-blind? / Jean Woodall -- Human resource management in the public sector / Chris Moore -- Managing human resources in the information age / John A. Taylor and / Helen D. McIntosh -- Cases. 'Honey and vinegar' : Ford Motor Company's move to human resource management / Alan McKinlay and / Ken Starkey -- Culture change through training : the case of Sainsbury / Allan Williams and / Paul Dobson -- Business and human resource management strategies at Rosyth Dockyard / James Kelly and / John Gennard -- Human resource management change at Bayer Diagnostics Manufacturing Ltd. / P.B. Beaumont and / L.C. Hunter -- Commitment and conflict : worker resistance to HRM in the microelectronics industry / Alan McKinlay and / Phil Taylor -- Managing in different cultures : the case of Ghana / Katherine M. Gardiner -- Managers' work values in different cultures : the case of the Korea Electric Power Corporation / Young-Ha Lee |
| Summary |
"This new edition of The Handbook of Human Resource Management has been thoroughly updated by leading international specialists to provide wide ranging overviews of developments worldwide from the UK, Continental Europe, USA and Australia - including Japanese HRM practices in the UK and USA." "The second edition provides an update of all the chapters from the first edition, including selection, performance appraisal, employee commitment and involvement, performance and reward, training, flexibility and women in the labour force plus for the first time, chapters on HRM in public sector organizations, its role in the development of business ethics, and HRM in information technology. The cases retain updated studies of Ford, Sainsbury and the controversial Rosyth Royal Dockyard, as well as new cases of teamworking in an electronics multinational, and two studies from Ghana and Korea on the impact of national culture on management." "The Handbook of Human Resource Management is divided into three parts: the first places HRM in an international context with overviews of trends and developments in HRM worldwide. The second part describes and analyses HRM in practice across a wide range of HRM policies and management techniques, from selection and appraisal to training and flexibility. The final part is a collection of case studies of organizations in manufacturing, chemicals, retailing, ship repair and paper manufacturing."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Blackwell business." |
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Rev. ed. of: The Handbook of human resource management. 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Personnel management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Personnel management -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Towers, Brian.
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| LC no. |
96005367 |
| ISBN |
0631198512 |
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