Managing People in the New Economy : Targeted HR Practices That Persuade People to Unlock Their Knowledge Power

Thite, Mohan

ISBN 10: 0761998365 / ISBN 13: 9780761998365

Published by Response Books, 2004

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Card flaps. Minimal wear, unmarked, appears unread. Presents a comprehensive analysis of recent theories and practices of human resource management and strategically aligns them with the emerging knowledge economy. Exploring the many facets of people management in this environment, Mohan Thite persuasively argues that HR managers need to overhaul the tools of their trade in order to balance the endless array of conflicting choices and paradoxes in managing people. Drawing from contemporary examples and analysis, the author demonstrates that as the industrial economy transforms itself into the knowledge economy, the people management function needs a similar transformation to be able to fulfil its critical role in leveraging intellectual capital. Challenging traditional concepts of people management and designed to spark discussion, this book will be an invaluable textbook for students of management. It will also be essential reading for academics and practitioners of human resource management and development. CEOs and senior management will find this book both insightful and innovative reading.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing People in the New Economy : Targeted HR Practices That Persuade People to Unlock Their Knowledge Power
• Publisher: Response Books
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761998365
• ISBN 13: 9780761998365
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Weight: 406 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business

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Synopsis

Managing in the New Economy is a comprehensive book which minutely examines the need for the application of Human Resource Management (HRM) principles and practices to the emerging knowledge economy in India.

About the Author

Mohan Thite is an Associate Professor in Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He has a multi-disciplinary, multi-industry and multi-national career profile in academia and industry, spanning over 30 years. His research interests include Strategic human resource management, Digital HRM/ e-HRM/ Human resource information systems, international HRM and Global mobility and management of skilled talent in high-technology sectors. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of South Asian Journal of HRM, published by Sage. He has published five books and over 100 book chapters, journal articles in esteemed journals, research reports and conference papers.