A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Human Resource Management (Very Short, Fairly Interesting & Cheap Books) - Softcover

Grugulis, Irena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1446200817 ISBN 13: 9781446200810

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Conceived by Chris Grey and written to get you thinking, the Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap series offers an informal, conversational, accessible yet sophisticated and critical overview of what you find in conventional textbooks.

Engaging and entertaining in equal measure, this is a book about work, the people who do it and the way they are managed (and mis-managed). The book's six chapters draw on current research to provide a critical and reflective overview of the key debates in human resource management (HRM), including: the nature of HRM; is HRM strategic; putting it all into practice; pay and performance; the dark side of HRM: redundancy and discrimination; and does HRM work? Raising issues that are often neglected in typical HRM texts, such as stress and unemployment, this book has an appreciation of the realities of work, workers and the communities that are affected by HRM policy and practice.

Irena Grugulis is a well known and respected name in the field whose wit and thought-provoking style make this book an authoritative yet accessible read.

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Review

This is a grounded, critical and well thought through introduction to the subject. It is conscious of major debates yet able to explain them in a subtle and meaningful way.  The book presents the reader with the tensions and realities of HRM, inviting them to realise the ways in which management is structured in relation to workers. (Miguel Martinez Lucio 2016-08-19)

This is a wonderfully entertaining and student-friendly introduction to Human Resource Management. It is a real page-turner, full of vivid examples from well-known organisations. It is argumentative and challenging in tone, and as a result far more fun and enlightening to read than most introductory books. (Nick Bacon 2016-08-31)

It is more than "fairly interesting" - it warrants a position on every HR professional's book shelf...Grugulis presents the reader with genuine insight into the tensions and realities of HRM in today's organisations. Choose a chapter that reflects your particular interest vis HR and take a look - it will hook you in to read the rest and, hopefully, get you thinking. (Dr Rick Holden)

About the Author

Irena Grugulis is Professor of Work and Skills and Head of the Work and Employment Relations Division at Leeds University Business School and an Associate Fellow and member of the Steering Group at the ESRC Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance at Oxford University. She held an ESRC/AIM Services Fellowship and served as Editor and Joint Editor-in-Chief of the journal Work, Employment and Society for seven years. Her principal research interests lie in the (broadly constituted) area of skills, particularly the way that organisations attempt to shape their employees and the impact and implications of this for the employees themselves. She has published extensively including articles in Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Industrial Relations and Work, Employment and Society. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1446200817
• ISBN 13: 9781446200810
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144