Human Resources Management : A Critical Text

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this latest edition of Human Resource Management - A Critical Text, John Storey has brought together leading authorities in the field to provide critical coverage of contemporary and emerging issues in HRM. It builds on the seminal work first published in 1989.The new text contains fully revised and up-to-date chapters from the original contributors while also offering new chapters on electronic HRM, agility and scalability and international staffing. As a result, current debates about the nature and significance of HRM are developed and the volume once again offers the leading in-depth critical analysis of the field. The international team of expert contributors provides an authoritative, critical and original account of contemporary HRM. The book is ideal for advanced management students on a variety of courses.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part 1 Introduction
• 1 Human Resource Management Today: An Assessment
• 2 The HR Function: Integration or Fragmentation?
• 3 Networked Organizations and the Negation of HRM?
• Part 2 Strategic Issues
• 4 What is Strategic HRM?
• 5 Facing up to the Challenges of Success: Putting æGovernanceÆ at the Heart of HRM
• Part 3 Core Practice Areas
• 6 Employee Resourcing and Talent Management
• 7 Measure for Measure: Mapping the Terrain of the Training, Learning and Skills Debates
• 8 ManagersÆ Knowledge and the Management of Change
• 9 Reward Choices: Strategy and Equity
• 10 Employee Involvement and Participation: Structures, Processes and Outcomes
• Part 4 International Hrm
• 11 HRM: The Comparative Dimension
• 12 Dynamic Organizations: Achieving Marketplace Agility Through Workforce Scalability
• 13 Global Staffing and the Multinational Enterprise
• Part 5 Current Developments and Future Prospects
• 14 Technology in HRM: The Means to Become a Strategic Business Partner?
• 15 Ethics and HRM