THE HANDBOOK OF HRM (2ND ED) (Human Resource Management in Action) - Softcover

TOWERS, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631198512 ISBN 13: 9780631198512

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

Synopsis

The second, fully revised edition of this best-selling handbook features wide ranging, updated overviews of developments worldwide by leading international specialists of developments worldwide from the UK, USA, Europe and Australia as well as ccontributions on all aspects of HRM practice including, for the first time in this edition, chapters on HRM in public sector organizations, its role in the development of business ethics, and HRM in Information technology.

The cases retain updated studies of Ford, Sainsbury and the controversial Rosyth Royal Dockyard as well as new cases of teamworking in an electronics multinational and two studies from Ghana and Korea on the impact of national culture on management.

About this title

About the Author

Brian Towers teaches in the Department of Human Resource Management, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. He is the founder and editor of Industrial Relations Journal and an ACAS arbitrator with extensive experience in the practice of industrial relations and human resource management.

From the Back Cover

The new edition of The Handbook of Human Resource Management has been thoroughly updated by leading international specialists to provide wide-ranging overviews of developments worldwide from the UK, Continental Europe, USA and Australia - including Japanese HRM practices in the UK and US.

The second edition provides an update of all the chapters from the first edition, including:

• Selection.
• Performance Appraisal.
• Employee Commitment and Involvement.
• Performance and Reward.
• Training.
• Flexibility and Women in the Labour Force.

Plus, for the first time, chapters on HRM in public sector organizations, its role in the development of business ethics, and HRM in information technology.

The cases retain updated studies of Ford, Sainsbury and the controversial Rosyth Royal Dockyard, as well as new cases of teamworking in an electronics multinational, and two studies from Ghana and Korea on the impact of national culture on management.

From the Inside Flap

The new edition of The Handbook of Human Resource Management has been thoroughly updated by leading international specialists to provide wide-ranging overviews of developments worldwide from the UK, Continental Europe, USA and Australia - including Japanese HRM practices in the UK and US.

The second edition provides an update of all the chapters from the first edition, including:

• 
  
• Selection.
• 
  
• Performance Appraisal.
• 
  
• Employee Commitment and Involvement.
• 
  
• Performance and Reward.
• 
  
• Training.
• 
  
• Flexibility and Women in the Labour Force.

Plus, for the first time, chapters on HRM in public sector organizations, its role in the development of business ethics, and HRM in information technology.

The cases retain updated studies of Ford, Sainsbury and the controversial Rosyth Royal Dockyard, as well as new cases of teamworking in an electronics multinational, and two studies from Ghana and Korea on the impact of national culture on management.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631198512
• ISBN 13: 9780631198512
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 564