Human Resource Management, 12th edition

Published by Pearson (1 December 2024) © 2025

  • Derek Torrington Emeritus Professor of Management, University of Manchester
  • Laura Hall
  • Stephen Taylor University of Exeter Business School
  • Carol Atkinson Manchester Metropolitan University Business School

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Table of contents

  1. 1. The nature of human resource management
  2. 2. The global context for human resource management
  3. 3. HRM around the world
  4. 4. Strategic human resource management
  5. 5. Workforce planning, analytics and AI
  6. 6. Employability: the basic skills
  7. 7. Organisational agility and flexibility
  8. 8. Recruitment
  9. 9. Selection methods and decisions
  10. 10. Employability: skills in resourcing
  11. 11. Employee performance management
  12. 12. Leadership
  13. 13. Managing attendance and absence
  14. 14. Engagement and retention
  15. 15. Employability: skills in performance
  16. 16. Organisational change and development
  17. 17. The context of employee learning and development
  18. 18. Learning and development
  19. 19. Talent and career development
  20. 20. Employability: skills in learning and development
  21. 21. Employee voice
  22. 22. The legal framework of work
  23. 23. Diversity and inclusion
  24. 24. Employability: skills in employee relations
  25. 25. Total reward and setting pay
  26. 26. Incentives
  27. 27. Pensions and benefits
  28. 28.Employability: skills in reward
  29. 29. HRM and business ethics
  30. 30. Managing the human resource function
  31. 31. HR in small and medium-sized enterprises
  32. 32. Health and well-being
  33. 33. Managing the international workforce
  34. 34. The future of work
  35. 35. Advanced HR skills

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