The academic and professional careers if many thousands of HRM students and managers have been underpinned by their reading of Torrington et al's long-standing, comprehensive and market leading text Human Resource Management. Now, this same author team has developed a brand new concise text, Fundamentals of HRM, aimed primarily at students who are studying for general business and management degrees, or who are studying HRM as part of a combined honours degree with another discipline in arts, languages, humanities or sciences. Adopting the same accessible and practical perspective on the discipline, the book focuses on the core responsibilities of people management which every manager will have to undertake and understand. A section on skills such as interviewing, coaching and performance appraisal supports this practical approach.
The academic and professional careers if many thousands of HRM students and managers have been underpinned by their reading of Torrington et al's long-standing, comprehensive and market leading text Human Resource Management. Now, this same author team has developed a brand new concise text, Fundamentals of HRM, aimed primarily at students who are studying for general business and management degrees, or who are studying HRM as part of a combined honours degree with another discipline in arts, languages, humanities or sciences. Adopting the same accessible and practical perspective on the discipline, the book focuses on the core responsibilities of people management which every manager will have to undertake and understand. A section on skills such as interviewing, coaching and performance appraisal supports this practical approach.
Contents
Guided tour
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introducing
human resource management
Defining human resource management
HRM and the achievement of organisational
effectiveness
Major trends in the HRM business environment
Major themes in contemporary HRM practice
Key debate: The state of the psychological contract
Summary propositions
General discussion topics
Further reading
References
Part 1 Managing people at work
2. Organising a workforce
Workforce organisation
Flexibility for organisational
benefit
Key debate: Work-life
integration
Summary propositions
General discussion topics
Further reading
References
3. Recruitment and retention
Methods of
recruitment
Employer branding
Staff turnover rates and trends
Staff retention strategies
Key debate: The significance of
skills shortages in the UK
Summary propositions
General discussion topics
Further reading
References
4. Selection
Selection as a two-way process
Selection criteria
Selection methods
Final selection decision making
Key debate: Validity and use of
selection methods
Summary propositions
General discussion topics
Further reading
References
5. Performance management
Introducing performance
management
Stages in a performance management
system
Implementation and critique of
performance management
Evaluation of performance management
systems
Key debate: 360-degree feedback
Summary propositions
General discussion topics
Further reading
References
6. People development
The UK learning and development
context
The value of learning and
development to organisations and individuals
The line manager and learning and
developme
Derek Torrington is Emeritus Professor of Management, University of Manchester. Laura Hall and Stephen Taylor are both Senior Lecturers in HRM at Manchester Metropolitan University. Carol Atkinson is Senior Lecturer in HRM at Bradford University.
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