About the book

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management provides a succinct yet comprehensive overview of the key issues shaping HRM today. The book explores the complex relationships between HRM and a range of organizational functions and encompasses the business, public and voluntary sectors. Using a wealth of real world examples, the text analyses HRM from a number of illuminating practical and theoretical perspectives.

The book is arranged around four essential perspectives: environmental, organizational, strategic and operational. The text offers extensive coverage of contemporary HRM topics including ethics and diversity, knowledge management, and talent management. Highly topical coverage of how HRM has been affected by the global financial crisis and of how HRM is practiced in the world’s developing economies is incorporated throughout. This book emphasises the operational realities of HRM within the wider business context, demonstrating the practical application of key HRM concepts.

Features

• The text’s concise and well-organised coverage provides a highly accessible introduction to HRM
• Over one hundred ‘HRM in Reality’ articles and questions relate the topics under discussion to HRM as actually practiced within organisations
• End of chapter case studies present HRM in a global context in order to stimulate critical analysis, discussion and reflection on the issues raised within each chapter
• Updated learning features including ’Learning Objectives’, ‘Key Concept’ boxes and an extensive glossary provide maximum support to the learning process
• End of chapter features including ‘Chapter Summaries’, ‘Review Questions’ and ‘Further Reading’ encourage critical engagement with the topic
• Extensive online support materials, including multiple choice questions, PowerPoint slides and an instructor’s manual