Strategic Human Resource Management : Theory and Practice

ISBN 10: 1412919010 / ISBN 13: 9781412919012

Published by SAGE Publications, Limited, 2005

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strategic Human Resource Management : Theory and Practice
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412919010
• ISBN 13: 9781412919012
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.362 pounds

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Synopsis

The Second Edition of this highly successful course reader provides a comprehensive, contemporary, and critical review of the key issues in strategic human resource management. The book draws upon the work of some of the most influential and insightful writers on the subject of the strategic management of people in organizations. Through a series of carefully edited articles, students can explore current thinking on topics as diverse as performance, pay, process reengineering, structure, ethics, culture, change and leadership.

This volume moves beyond strategic human resource management from the perspective of the policy setter. The book informs but also questions and, while recognizing the legitimacy and importance of management perspectives, also captures the experience of workers on the receiving end of strategic initiatives. Students will be encouraged to consider core issues and difficult questions, such as:

• How should employees respond to the missionary zeal of their employers?
• How can we explain the increasing influence of gangmasters?
• What are the effects of management training on the identities of managers?
• Has strategic HRM been transformed from a model of commitment to one of exploitation?

Strategic Human Resource Management: Theory and Practice has been designed to meet the needs of course teaching at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is an invaluable text that will help define the complex agenda of human resource management, strategy, and organizations for students.

About the Authors

Graeme Salaman is Professor of Organization Studies at the Open University Business School

Jon Billsberry is a Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and a member of the Centre for Human Resource and Change Management at the Open University Business School.