Human resource management : rhetorics and realities

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Human resource management : rhetorics and realities

Karen Legge

(Management, work and organisations)

Red Globe Press : Macmillan International Higher Education, 2005

Anniversary ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-408) and indexes

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Description

Human Resource Management: Rhetorics and Realites remains a classic text examining the role and place of HRM in contemporary society. A decade on, the anniversary edition brings the debate up-to-date, and explores the changes and developments that have taken place since its original publication in 1995. A new foreword and introductory chapter by Karen Legge will place the original debates within the context of the new millenium, ensuring that Human Resource Management: Rhetorics and Realities remains fresh and relevant to a new generation of students.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- A Decade On.- What is Personnel Management?.- Styles of Managing the Employment Relationship.- What is Human Resource Management.- HRM and 'Strategic' Integration with Business Policy?.- HRM: Towards the Flexible Firm?.- HRM: From Compliance to Commitment?.- HRM and Quality: Customer Sovereignty in the Enterprise Culture?.- HRM and 'New Realism' in Industrial Relations?.- HRM: Modernist Project or Postmodern Discourse?.- Epilogue: The Future of HRM?.

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  • NCID
    BB30761095
  • ISBN
    • 9781403936004
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 430 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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