Human Resource Management : Theory and Practice

The latest offering of the popular textbook from respected author team of John Bratton and Jeff Gold. Authoritatively and expertly written, the sixth edition builds on the enduring strengths of this well-established book, with important updates and revisions to bring it in line with the ever-changing business world.

While exploring the practical implementation of human resource management, the book also exposes and confronts the debates and tensions inherent in the employment relationship, encouraging the reader to reflect critically on the realities of contemporary HRM. The myriad of different theories underpinning human resource management are discussed as well as their impact on organizations, managers and workers.

The new edition will continue to be a core textbook for HRM modules on undergraduate business and management degree courses, and may also be used on some postgraduate and MBA courses.

New to this Edition:
- Two new chapters on important key issues of Ethics in HRM and Green HRM
- Brand new chapter opening vignettes setting the scene with real-world industry examples and new and updated examples for the popular 'HRM and Globalization' and 'HRM in Practice' features
- Expanded suite of 'HRM as I see it' video interviews with real life HR managers from organizations such as Unilever, Springer Nature and insights from the Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Coverage of contemporary themes such as line managers' roles in HRM, bullying, diversity and inequality
- Over 100 new references, bringing the discussion right up to date

John Bratton grew up in Yorkshire, England, and now divides his time between Calgary, Canada and Edinburgh,
Scotland. He is Honorary Professor in the Management School at Queen's University Belfast, Northern
Ireland. He holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Hull, England and a PhD in Sociology of Work from
the University of Manchester, England. He has more than 30 years' experience of teaching a range of
HRM, organisational behaviour and leadership courses, at both undergraduate and graduate levels
mainly in the UK and Canada, but also in Finland and Singapore. His research interests traverse the
sociology of work and management. John was the first Director of the Workplace Learning Research
Unit at the University of Calgary, Canada, and has been a member of the editorial board of Leadership,
the Journal of Workplace Learning and the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. In addition
to writing this book, John is author of Japanization at Work: Managerial Studies in the 1990s;
co-author of Workplace Learning: A Critical Introduction (2004); co-author of Organizational Leadership
(with Keith Grint and Debra Nelson) (2005); co-author of Capitalism and Classical Social Theory
(with David Denham) (2019), now in its third edition, editor of Organizational Leadership (2020) and
author of Work and Organizational Behaviour (2021), now in its fourth edition.