Work Organization and Human Resource Management

ISBN-13: 9783319353012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 179 str.

Carolina Machado; J. Paulo Davim

Opis

This book provides support to academics as well as managers, who deal with policies and strategies related to work issues. It explores the models, tools and processes used by organizations in order to help managers become better prepared to face the challenges and changes in work and consequently, in the way how to manage todays' organizations.

Spis treści

The Role of Responsible HRM Practices and a Culture-Related Capability on the CSR-Performance Association: A Small Firm Perspective.- Managing High Performance Work Systems and Organizational Performance.- The Role of the Line Manager in HRM-Performance Research.- The Impact of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices on Australian Dairy Farm Performance.- Exploring Change in Small Firms HRM Practices.- Effective Human Resource Practices in Family Businesses.- The Gender of the Entrepreneur and the Politics of Entrepreneurship for Women: An Exploratory Study.- Influence of Organizational Flexibility in High Performance Work Practices (HPWP).- Gaining or Losing? Projective Identification, Professional Identities and New Public Management.- Research HRM to Enhance Understanding: The Neglected Role of Ontology.- Examining the Motivation to Work within a Group of Gardeners with Mental Discorders.

 

Blurb

This book provides support to academics as well as managers, who deal with policies and strategies related to work issues. Effective work practices and good employee relations are a real necessity of nowadays organizations, as they can help to reduce absenteeism, employee turnover, and organizational costs. Instead, they support high levels of commitment, effectiveness, performance as well as productivity. The book focusses on the implications of those changes in productivity and organizations management. It explores the models, tools and processes used by organizations in order to help managers become better prepared to face the challenges and changes in work and, consequently, in the way how to manage todays' organizations.