An Introduction to Human Resource Management

This exciting new introductory text in Human Resource Management moves beyond a prescriptive approach to provide a holistic overview of the role of HRM in its contemporary context. Acknowledging and reflecting upon key trends in HRM, the labor market and the broader economy, the author offers critical discussion of the issues surrounding HRM both theoretically and practically, as well as at a national and international level.

The book is split into three sections of HRM in Context; HRM in Practice; and Contemporary Issues, and every chapter includes accessible features to help you best explore the material, including:

• Research, ethics, and international insight boxes
• Chapter summaries and objectives
• Self-test questions
• Recommended reading
• End-of chapter case studies

There is an accompanying companion website at www.sagepub.co.uk/wilton which provides full-text journal articles, weblinks, interactive multiple choice questions, and a flip glossary. The website also provides an Instructors′ Manual, PowerPoint slides, and a multiple-choice testbank for lecturers.

This book is essential reading for undergraduate, graduate, and MBA students, as well as for professional development courses.

Dr Nick Wilton is currently Associate Dean for Professional Education and Accreditation at Oxford Brookes Business School. For more than 20 years, he has taught at undergraduate and graduate levels in a variety of disciplines including Human Resource Management and Development, employment relations and cross-cultural and international management. He is the author of an Introduction to Human Resource Management (5th ed.). His research interests include employability, careers and career development, and labour market inequality. He holds a doctorate in the sociology of work and employment, an Mphil in the management of employee relations, is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a senior fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.