Strategic Human Resource Management: Contemporary Issues, 1st edition

Published by FT Publishing International (March 15, 2007) © 2007

  • Mark N. K. Saunders Professor of Business Research Methods, University of Birmingham
  • Mike Millmore University of Gloucestershire Business School
  • Philip Lewis Formerly of University of Gloucestershire
  • Adrian Thornhill Formerly of University of Gloucestershire
  • Trevor Morrow University of Ulster
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Title overview

  • Coverage of the most important strategic models and both rational and emergent perspectives ensures comprehensive treatment.
  • An initial framework is presented and helps students to analyse theories in later chapters.
  • FT articles and longer case studies provide the links with practice that this subject particularly requires.
  • The authors’ renowned accessible writing style and connection with their student audience ensures a definitively useful and rigorous guide to SHRM.
  • A glossary of key terms helps with revision and thorough understanding of the relevant vocabulary.

Additional Support material

  • For lecturers a guide offers chapter-by-chapter commentary and teaching suggestions, answers to all self check and reflect and case study questions, references and Powerpoint slides.
  • For students there are annotated weblinks and self-assessment question material.

Table of contents

Brief Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Strategy and Human Resource Management

Chapter 2 - Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM): a vital piece in the jigsaw of organisational success?

Chapter 3 – SHRM in a changing and shrinking world: internationalisation of business and the role of SHRM.

Chapter 4 - Evaluating Strategic Human Resource Management: why bother and does it really happen in practice?

Chapter 5 – The role of organisational structure in SRHM: the basis for effectiveness?

Chapter 6 - Relationships between Culture and Strategic Human Resource Management: do values have consequences?

Chapter 7 - Strategic Human Resource Planning – the weakest link?

Chapter 8 - Strategic Recruitment & Selection: much ado about nothing?

Chapter 9 - Performance Management: so much more than annual appraisal

Chapter 10 - Strategic Human Resource Development (SHRD): pot of gold or chasing rainbows?

Chapter 11 - Strategic Reward Management: Cinderella is on her way to the ball

Chapter 12 - Managing the Employment Relationship: Strategic Rhetoric and Operational Reality

Chapter 13 - Diversity Management: concern for legislation, concern for strategy?

Chapter 14 - Downsizing: proactive strategy or reactive workforce reduction?

 

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