Human Resource Management : Theory and Practice.

Cover
 Contents
 List of figures
 List of tables
 About the authors
 About the contributors
 Preface
 Authors\' acknowledgements
 Tour of the book
 HRM as I see it: video and text feature
 Publisher\'s acknowledgements
 Key topics grid
 Part I: the arena of contemporary human resource management
 Chapter 1 the nature of contemporary HRM
 Outline
 Objectives
 Introduction
 The development of HRM
 HRM in practice 1.1: A new role for HR professionals
 Management and HRM
 The nature of the employment relationship
 Scope and functions of HRM
 Theoretical perspectives on HRM. HRM in practice 1.2: Twenty-first-century senior HR leaders have a changing roleHRM and globalization: The HRM model in advancing economies?
 Studying HRM
 Critique and paradox in HRM
 Case study: Canterbury Hospital
 Summary, Vocab checklist for ESL students, Review questions and Further reading to improve your mark
 Chapter 2 corporate strategy and strategic HRM
 Outline
 Objectives
 Introduction
 Strategic management
 Ethics and corporate social responsibility
 HRM in practice 2.1: Killer chemicals and greased palms
 Exploring corporate sustainability
 Strategic HRM. HRM and globalization: Business urged to keep on eco-trackHRM in practice 2.2: More women leaders: the answer to the financial crisis?
 Human resources strategy models
 Critiquing SHRM and models of human resources strategy
 Case study: Zuvan Winery
 Summary, Vocab checklist for ESL students, Review questions and Further reading to improve your mark
 Chapter 3 HRM and performance
 Outline
 Objectives
 Introduction
 Rationale for evaluating HRM
 Modelling HRM and performance
 Demonstrating the HRM-performance relationship
 HRM in practice 3.1: HR \'can lower NHS death rates\' Questioning research on the HRM-performance relationshipHRM and globalization: Evaluating HR practices: the role of qualitative methods
 Context, people and the social relations of performance
 Case study: Vogue Apparel
 Summary, Vocab checklist for ESL students, Review questions and Further reading to improve your mark
 Part II: the micro context of human resource management
 Chapter 4 work and work systems
 Outline
 Objectives
 Introduction
 The primacy of work thesis
 The nature of work
 HRM in practice: 4.1: Emotion at work
 Job design
 Classical work systems: scientific management. HRM and globalization: BureaucracySociotechnical work systems: the neo-human relations movement
 Post-bureaucratic work systems: the self-management movement
 HRM in practice 4.2: The home office
 Work redesign, sustainability and HRM
 Tension and paradox
 HRM in practice 4.3: Technology and HR
 Case study: Currency, Inc.
 Summary, Vocab checklist for ESL students, Review questions and Further reading to improve your mark
 Chapter 5 organizational culture and HRM
 Outline
 Objectives
 Introduction
 Culture and modernity
 Organizational culture.