Human Resource Management: Rhetorics and Realities

ISBN-13: 9781403936004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 430 str.

Karen Legge

Opis

Human Resource Management remains a classic text examining the role and place of HRM in contemporary society. A decade on, the anniversary edition brings the debate up to date, and explores the changes and developments that have taken place since its original publication in 1995. A new foreword and introductory chapter by Karen Legge places the original debates within the context of the new millennium, ensuring that Human Resource Management remains fresh and relevant to a new generation of students.

Spis treści

Introduction.- A Decade On.- What is Personnel Management?.- Styles of Managing the Employment Relationship.- What is Human Resource Management.- HRM and 'Strategic' Integration with Business Policy?.- HRM: Towards the Flexible Firm?.- HRM: From Compliance to Commitment?.- HRM and Quality: Customer Sovereignty in the Enterprise Culture?.- HRM and 'New Realism' in Industrial Relations?.- HRM: Modernist Project or Postmodern Discourse?.- Epilogue: The Future of HRM?.

O autorze

KAREN LEGGE is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Warwick Business School. She is extremely well respected and is considered to be a leading authority in HRM. She is Joint editor of the Journal of Management Studies and is very well connected in the field of HRM and organizational studies.