Strategy and human resource management

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Title:

Author:

Boxall, Peter F.

ISBN:

9780333778203

9780333778197

Personal Author:

Boxall, Peter F.

Publication Information:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Physical Description:

xii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Management, work and organisations

Series Title:

Management, work and organisations

Contents:

Human resource management and business performance -- Connecting strategy and human resource management. Strategy and the process of strategic management. Strategic HRM: 'best fit' or 'best practice'? Strategic HRM and the resource-based view of the firm -- Managing people: searching for general principles. Work systems and the changing priorities of production. Linking work systems and models of employment. Managing individual performance and development. Managing employee voice in unionised and non-unionised firms -- Managing people in dynamic and complex business contexts. Human resource strategy and the dynamics of industry-based competition. Corporate human resource strategy in the global economy. Conclusion: implications for the strategic management process.

Abstract:

"This text is essential reading for MBA students and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of HRM. It is also an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the role of HRM in business success."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Personnel management.

Organizational effectiveness.

Human capital.

Added Author:

Purcell, John.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2002072309.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002072309.html

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Summary

How is human resource management (HRM) strategic to a firm's viability and how might it help to lay a basis for sustained competitive advantage? How can managers pursue their goals for labour productivity and organisational flexibility in socially acceptable ways? This book explores such pressing questions. The authors develop an innovative conceptual framework to provide a stimulating exploration of the growing field of Strategic HRM. This text is essential reading for MBA students and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of HRM. It is also an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the role of HRM in business success.