Title:
Human resource management : rhetorics and realities
Author:
Legge, Karen.
ISBN:
9781403936004
Personal Author:
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.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol059/2004042336.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol053/2004042336.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004042336.html