Human Resource Management : a critical approach /
John Bratton and Jeff Gold with Andrew Bratton and Laura Steele.
- Seventh edition.
- 1 online resource (530 pages) : illustrations
Digital Spotlight.
Intro -- BRIEF CONTENTS -- LONG CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- Figures -- Tables -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- About the chapter contributors -- About the feature contributors -- AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Message to Lecturers -- PREFACE -- Who should use this book? -- Context -- Critical approach -- New for the seventh edition -- TOUR OF THE BOOK -- outline -- Review questions -- Summary -- Further reading -- SEARCH & WATCH -- DIGITAL RESOURCES -- Student resources -- Lecturer resources -- KEY TOPICS GRID -- PART 1 PAST AS PROLOGUE -- THE ASCENDENCYOF HRM -- INTRODUCTION Work and employment relations in the age of neoliberalism -- The ascendency of HRM -- The context of management education -- HRM: a discipline in crisis -- The structure and content of the book -- PART 2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS A FIELD OF STUDY -- CHAPTER 1 CONTEMPORARY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- THE ROLE OF CRITIQUE -- outline -- objectives -- After studying this chapter, you should be able to: 1 -- Introduction -- Defining human resource management -- Reflective question -- Digital Spotlight How digital technologies shape and direct HRM -- The employment relationship -- Ethical Insight Is it ethical to insist workers should return to work during the Covid-19 crisis? -- Essential reading -- The scope and goals of HRM -- The goals of HRM -- Global HRM -- Netflix: Line managers use 'keeper test' -- Theorising HRM -- The Michigan model of HRM -- The Harvard model of HRM -- The Storey model of HRM -- The Ulrich Human Resource Business Partner model of HRM -- HRM web links -- The Bath model of HRM -- Reflective question -- HRM in Practice -- Managers as agents of the HRM function -- HRM and the role of critique -- The effect of critique on work and people management -- Summary Review questions -- Search & Watch -- Legal Focus -- Reference -- Chapter case: Diversity at DigitalArt -- The setting -- The problem -- The assignment -- Essential reading -- Further reading -- CHAPTER 2 CORPORATE STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC HRM -- outline -- objectives -- After studying this chapter, you should be able to: -- Introduction -- Strategic management -- HRM in Practice -- 'Our people are our greatest asset'? -- Essential reading -- The five-step process of strategic management -- Ethical Insight -- Do ethics influence corporate strategy? -- Essential reading -- Hierarchy of strategy Corporate-level strategy -- Business-level strategy -- Functional-level strategy -- Strategic choice and corporate ideology -- Building a sustainable strategy -- Global HRM -- Australian businesses urge green recovery from Covid-19 crisis -- Essential reading -- Strategy, ethics and corporate social responsibility -- Strategic HRM -- Reflective question -- Defining strategic HRM -- Theorising strategic HRM -- The 'best-fit' model -- The 'best-practice' model -- The 'resource-based' model -- HR strategy and organisational dynamics -- Reflective question -- Line managers as agents of HR strategy
Thoroughly updated, topical and accessible, this textbook explores the theory and practice of human resource management and will encourage your students to reflect critically on the realities of the ever-changing world of work.