Description
Book SynopsisWritten by a close-knit team, the authors have great experience in teaching and examining Human Resources at undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional levels, as well as ownership of thorough, deep-research portfolios and CIPD memberships.
Derek Torrington is an Emeritus Professor of Management at the University of Manchester, Chartered Companion for the CIPD, and previous Chief Examiner.
Laura Hall is a freelance academic and has carried out work for a wide range of bodies, including the CIPD.
Stephen Taylor is a senior lecturer in HRM at the University of Exeter Business School and a Chartered Companion for the CIPD.
Carol Atkinson is a Professor of HRM and Associate Dean for Research at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. She is also a member of the CIPD Manchester Branch Committee.
Table of ContentsGuided tour Preface Publisher's acknowledgements
Part 1 - Human resource management in the modern world
- The nature of human resource management
- The global context for human resource management
- HRM around the world
- Strategic human resouce management
- Workforce planning, analytics and AI
- Employability: the basic skills
Part 2 - Resourcing: getting people in the right places to do the right things
- Organisational agility and flexibility
- Recruitment
- Selection methods and decisions
- Employability: skills in resourcing
Part 3 - Performance: success through individual and collective achievement
- Employee performance management
- Leadership
- Managing attendance and absence
- Engagement and retention
- Employability: skills in performance
Part 4 - Development
- Organisational change and development
- The context of employee learning and development
- Learning and development
- Talent and career development
- Employability: skills in learning and development
Part 5 - Employee relations
- Employee voice
- The legal framework of work
- Diversity and inclusion
- Employability: skills in employee relations
Part 6 - Reward: the contract for payment
- Total reward and setting pay
- Incentives
- Pensions and benefits
- Employability: skills in reward
Part 7 - Contemporary issues
- HRM and business ethics
- Managing the human resource function
- HR in small and medium-sized enterprises
- Health and well-being
- Managing the international workforce
- The future of work
- Advanced HR skills
Glossary Index
