TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bratton,John
AU  - Gold,Jeffrey
AU  - Bratton,Andrew
AU  - Steele,Laura
TI  - Human Resource Management: a critical approach 
SN  - 9781350933330
AV  - HF5549 
U1  - 658.3 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
KW  - Personnel management
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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