Contemporary Human Resource Management
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Contemporary Human Resource Management

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  1. 632 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Contemporary Human Resource Management

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About this book

Written by experts in the field, this well-established book provides a critical and academically rigorous exploration of the key functions, practices and issues in HRM today.

The first part of Contemporary Human Resource Management covers fundamental HRM practices while the second half examines contemporary themes and issues such as work-place bullying, flexibility and emotion at work. Each chapter contains two thought-provoking case studies, encouraging readers to identify, examine and apply key concepts to real-world examples.

This substantially revised sixth edition includes three completely new chapters and case studies on:

  • HRM in SMEs
  • The Future of Work
  • Employee Wellbeing

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Table of contents

  1. CONTEMPORARY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ā€“ FRONT COVER
  2. CONTEMPORARY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  3. COPYRIGHT
  4. CONTENTS
  5. EDITORS
  6. CONTRIBUTORS
  7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  8. CASE STUDIES
  9. ONLINE RESOURCES
  10. PART 1 - FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  11. CHAPTER 1 - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE
  12. CHAPTER 2 - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE: IN SEARCH OF THE HR ADVANTAGE
  13. CHAPTER 3 - RECRUITMENT
  14. CHAPTER 4 - SELECTION
  15. CHAPTER 5 - TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
  16. CHAPTER 6 - REWARD MANAGEMENT
  17. CHAPTER 7 - PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
  18. CHAPTER 8 - EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
  19. PART 2 - CONTEMPORARY THEMES AND ISSUES
  20. CHAPTER 9 - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTā€“HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS, MODELS, POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN MNCS
  21. CHAPTER 10 - COMPARATIVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  22. CHAPTER 11 - MANAGING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
  23. CHAPTER 12 - DOWNSIZING
  24. CHAPTER 13 - THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF HRM
  25. CHAPTER 14 - EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION
  26. CHAPTER 15 - ENGAGEMENT
  27. CHAPTER 16 - ETHICS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  28. CHAPTER 17 - EMOTION AT WORK
  29. CHAPTER 18 - FLEXIBILITY
  30. CHAPTER 19 - WELL-BEING
  31. CHAPTER 20 - HRM IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
  32. CHAPTER 21 - HUMAN RESOURCE ANALYTICS
  33. CHAPTER 22 - HRM AND TECHNOLOGY: FROM SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS TO SOCIAL MEDIA
  34. CHAPTER 23 - TALENT MANAGEMENT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
  35. CHAPTER 24 - THE FUTURE OF WORK: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGEING
  36. INDEX