| Description |
xiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / John Monks -- 1. Experiencing HRM: the importance of the inside story / Timothy Clark, Christopher Mabey and Denise Skinner -- 2. The morality of HRM / Karen Legge -- 3. Empowerment through quality management: employee accounts from inside a bank, a hotel and two factories / Chris Rees -- 4. Total quality management: shop floor perspectives / Linda Glover and Deborah Fitzgerald-Moore -- 5. Changing corporate culture: paradoxes and tensions in a local authority / Graeme Martin, Phil Beaumont and Harry Staines -- 6. Training and development at an agrochemical plant / Jason Heyes -- 7. View from the bridge and life on deck: contrasts and contradictions in performance-related pay / Aisling Kelly and Kathy Monks -- 8. Culture change within a regional business network / Julian Connell and Suzanne Ryan -- 9. Strategic integration and industrial relations in greenfield sites / Patrick Gunnigle and Michael Morley |
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10. From public sector employees to portfolio workers: pioneers of new careers? / Mary Mallon -- 11. Diversity climates and gendered cultures: a cross sector analysis / Paul Hes, Elisabeth Wilson and Deborah Hicks-Clarke -- 12. A trail of clues for graduate trainees / Diane Preston and Cathy Hart -- 13. Inside or outside HRM? Lateral learning in two voluntary sector organizations / Rona S. Beattie and Marilyn McDougall -- 14. Getting the story straight / Christopher Mabey, Timothy Clark and Denise Skinner |
| Summary |
By examining human resource management (HRM) techniques and processes from the r̀eceiving end', Experiencing Human Resource Management provides a rich and valuable view of HRM initiatives and strategies. If HRM is to contribute to the objectives of the organization, it is imperative to understand how HRM techniques are being applied and experienced. The current HRM literature is dominated by a managerial focus and perspective, however this book tells the experiences of employees in more than 20 organizations across a number of sectors and countries. It sets out to answer three questions: A dec |
| Notes |
Papers from an April 1996 conference organized by the Center for Human Resource and Change Management, Open University Business School |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Personnel management -- Great Britain.
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Personnel management.
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| Author |
Clark, Timothy, 1964-
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Mabey, Christopher, 1951-
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Skinner, Denise.
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| LC no. |
97062126 |
| ISBN |
0761951164 |
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0761951172 |
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