Human resource management : rhetorics and realities
by
 
Legge, Karen.

Title
: 
Human resource management : rhetorics and realities

Author
: 
Legge, Karen.

ISBN
: 
9781403936004

Personal Author
: 
Legge, Karen.

Edition
: 
Anniversary ed.

Publication Information
: 
New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Physical Description
: 
xviii, 430 p. ill. ; 24 cm.

Series
: 
Management, work and organisations

Series Title
: 
Management, work and organisations

Contents
: 
1. What is personnel management? -- 2. Styles of managing the employment relationship -- 3. What is human resource management? -- 4. HRM and 'strategic' integration with business policy? -- 5. HRM : towards the flexible firm? -- 6. HRM : from compliance to commitment? -- 7. HRM and quality : customer sovereignty in the enterprise culture? -- 8. HRM and 'new realism' in industrial relations? -- 9. HRM : modernist project or postmodern discourse? -- 10. Epilogue : the future of HRM?

Abstract
: 
"This anniversary edition of Karen Legge's classic Human Resource Management contains the entire text of the first edition complete with a new, long introductory chapter; contextualising the original debate from today's perspective and bringing in recent themes and issues." "The book is particularly suitable for MBA students and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of HRM. It will be valuable reading for anyone wishing to further understand the role of HRM in business."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
: 
Personnel management.
 
Personnel management -- Great Britain.

Electronic Access
: 
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol059/2004042336.html
 
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol053/2004042336.html
 
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004042336.html


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