Human Resource Management: A Critical Approach
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Academic (UK), 2022
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- Title
- Human Resource Management: A Critical Approach
- Author
- John Bratton
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic (UK)
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1352013037
- ISBN 13
- 9781352013030
The new edition truly captures the zeitgeist of contemporary human resource management. With coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to business ethics, physical and mental wellbeing, inequality and the rise of the gig-economy and precarious work, students will feel connected to the complex issues that face workers, organisations and wider society. This edition also includes expanded coverage on the ever-palpable effects of globalization and technological change and explores the importance of sustainable practice. Students will gain critical insight into the realities of contemporary HRM, engaging with the various debates and tensions inherent in the employment relationship and understanding the myriad of different theories underpinning human resource management.
New to this edition:
- New ‘Ethical Insight’ boxes explore areas of current ethical concern in trends and practice
- New ‘Digital Spotlight’ boxes explore innovations in technology, analytics and AI and the impact on workers and organisations
- Topical coverage on job design and the rise of the gig economy and precarious work
- A critical discussion of the core themes and debates around human resource management in the post-Covid-19 era, including mental health and wellbeing.
- A rich companion website packed with extra resources, including video interviews with HR professionals, work-related films, bonus case studies, links to employment law, and vocab checklists for ESL students make this an ideal text for online or blended learning.
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About the Author
Scotland. He is Honorary Professor in the Management School at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern
Ireland. He holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Hull, England and a PhD in Sociology of Work from
the University of Manchester, England. He has more than 30 years’ experience of teaching a range of
HRM, organisational behaviour and leadership courses, at both undergraduate and graduate levels
mainly in the UK and Canada, but also in Finland and Singapore. His research interests traverse the
sociology of work and management. John was the first Director of the Workplace Learning Research
Unit at the University of Calgary, Canada, and has been a member of the editorial board of Leadership,
the Journal of Workplace Learning and the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education. In addition
to writing this book, John is author of Japanization at Work: Managerial Studies in the 1990s;
co-author of Workplace Learning: A Critical Introduction (2004); co-author of Organizational Leadership
(with Keith Grint and Debra Nelson) (2005); co-author of Capitalism and Classical Social Theory
(with David Denham) (2019), now in its third edition, editor of Organizational Leadership (2020) and
author of Work and Organizational Behaviour (2021), now in its fourth edition.
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