Human Resource Management

Written for students who need to understand the line manager’s responsibilities in human resourcing issues, this comprehensive text covers the ‘core curriculum’ of mainstream HRM topics along with specific applications such as international and small-business contexts. The team of expert contributors focus on the line manager’s perspective relating established theory to real practice throughout the text.This edition includes a new chapter on negotiation and a greater focus on strategic and continuous development within the coverage of training. Reflecting current trends in HRM, there is also additional and expanded material on the impact of information technology, the development of models of strategic HRM, the management of workforce diversity and ethics and HRM.