Strategic human resource management : an international perspective / edited by Gary Rees and Paul E. Smith. - 2nd ed. - Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, 2017. - xviii, 594 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART ONE – THE ORGANIZATION, THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND STRATEGY
Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Organization, its Environment and Human Resource Management (Paul E. Smith and Gary Rees)
Chapter 2: Strategic Approaches (Paola Pisano, Alison Rieple and Marco Pironti)
Chapter 3: Strategic Human Resource Management: Concepts, Practices and Trends (Geoffrey Wood and Zsuzsanna Kispál-Vitai)
Chapter 4: HRM: The Added Value Debate (Charles Leatherbarrow and Gary Rees)
PART TWO - THE FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF HR
Chapter 5: Recruitment and Selection (Stephen Taylor)
Chapter 6: Flexible Working (Sue Hutchinson)
Chapter 7: Reward Strategy and Managing Performance (Geoff White)
Chapter 8: Managing the Employment Relationship (Moira Calveley, David Allsop, Natalia Rocha Lawton and Monika Huesmann)
Chapter 9: Equality and Diversity in the Workplace (John Neugebauer)
Chapter 10: Developing Employees and Managers (Jim Stewart)
PART THREE – SHRM AND THE “BIGGER PICTURE”
Chapter 11: Organizational Culture (Crystal Zhang and Paul Iles)
Chapter 12: Managing in a Global Context (Kate E. Rowlands and Paul Iles)
Chapter 13: The Future of HR (Linda Holbeche)

A research-focused introductory text written by a stellar contributor line-up including Linda Holbeche, Stephen Taylor, and Jim Stewart.

The Second Edition integrates an international perspective using examples and case studies from a broad range of regions and industries including Microsoft, Volkswagen, and Rolls-Royce. The two new chapters on Culture and Globalization reflect the contemporary workplace, and the future of HR based on Linda Holbeche’s latest research is included in the final chapter.

Suitable for upper-undergraduate and Masters level strategic HRM modules or HRM modules that have a strategic angle.



9781473969322 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781473969315 (hardback : alk. paper)


Personnel management.
Strategic planning.

HF5549 / .S77 2017