Human resource management : a contemporary approach / edited by Julie Beardwell and Amanda Thompson.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Human Resource Management Chapter 2: Strategic Human Resource Management Chapter 3: Contextualising HRM Chapter 4: HRM and the Labour Market Chapter 5: Talent Management Chapter 6: Managing Equality and Diversity Chapter 7: Learning and Development Chapter 8: Leadership and Management Development Chapter 9: Organisational Development Chapter 10: The Employment Relationship and Employee Rights at Work Chapter 11: Employment Chapter 12: Performance Management Chapter 13: Employee Reward Chapter 14: Employee Voice Chapter 15: Comparative HRM in the Context of Financialization, Financial Crisis and Brexit Chapter 16: Employment Relations in Emerging Economies: China and India.

The expert authors of this leading text present a thorough introduction to HRM by exploring a variety of perspectives, styles and arguments. It takes a rigorous, critical approach that makes contemporary developments in Human Resource Management accessible to students. They explore the most pressing and topical themes and debates of today HR strategy, gender and diversity, and employee rights, involvement and participation whilst covering in depth the theory and practice of the operational aspects of HRM. The final part of the text compares trends in HRM around the world, with a particular focus on India and China, as well as the influence of multinational corporations on the practice of HRM. Human Resource Managementis written for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students, as well as those studying for the CIPD qualifications.