Product Description
It is possible to establish a clear link between good human capital management and enhanced financial performance. In other words, effectively dealing with people is of major importance for all organizations. Human Resource Management in a Business in Context locates HRM and other perspectives of people management in a framework focused on the needs of business studies students. It provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of all the key aspects of people management using numerous real examples from actual business situations. The practical, rather than prescriptive, approach allows students to understand the issues without getting lost in operational details. The new edition has been strengthened to make this our key offering in HRM and an ideal core text for most courses, fully able to compete with the comprehensive competition.
From the Author
This book is intended to provide a comprehensive account of the critical issues in Human Resource Management (HRM), taking the reader from an introductory level to a relatively sophisticated understanding of an increasingly important business topic. We will see that there is no universal agreement on the meaning of HRM. In fact, there are varying and contradictory models. Yet they embody common elements that distinguish them from previous approaches to managing people – specifically, personnel management. The book takes a distinctive approach, locating the subject of human resource management and its various perspectives within a business context. We recognize that readers will come from a variety of backgrounds, that some will become HR specialists but that many are interested in the relationship between human resource management and other business functions. This is not a ‘cookbook’ of best practices: it is firmly focused on human resource management in the real world.
