Human resource management : a critical approach

Table of contents: PART 1 PAST AS PROLOGUE: THE ASCENDENCY OF HRM Introduction PART 2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS A FIELD OF STUDY 1. Contemporary Human Resource Management: The Role of Critique 2. Corporate Strategy and Strategic HRM PART 3 FUNDAMENTALS OF HRM 3. Job and Work Design 4. Workforce Planning & Diversity 5. Recruitment and Selection 6. Performance Management 7. Learning and Development 8. Reward Management PART 4 MANAGING THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP 9. Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining 10. Employee Relations and Conflict Management PART 5 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 11. Human Resource Management, Health and Wellbeing 12. Sustainable HRM and Environmental Sustainability 13. International HRM in a Globalized Capitalism 14. Back to the Future: Reimagining HRM in a Post-Pandemic Capitalism

This textbook explores the theory and practice of human resource management and will encourage your students to reflect critically on the realities of the ever-changing world of work. 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.