Personnel Management
Theory and Practice
G. A. Cole(Author)
Letts Educational (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published in August 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
492 pages
978-1-870941-16-7 (ISBN)
Description
Following on from the author's "Management Theory and Practice", this uses the same approach to cover examination syllabuses in Personnel Management of IPM, ICSA, ABE, BTEC Higher, IOB, ITD and CNAA. It should also be useful for CMS/DMS courses. This edition has more material on computers in personnel; an update on legal aspects; expanded chapters on recruitment, selection and remuneration; and chapters on recent developments in employee relations such as single union agreements and pendulum arbitration. A lecturer's supplement is available.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-870941-16-7 (9781870941167)
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Content
Part 2 The scope of personnel management: the personnel function in organization; personnel policies and strategies; case4 study 1. Part 2 The organizational context: organizations - key issues; organization structures; leadership; groups at work; motivation theory; case study 2. Part 3 Planning the organization's manpower: manpower planning; job analysis; job evaluation; recruitment; selection; job design; organization development; retirements, redundancies and redeployments; personnel records and administration; case study 3. Part 4 Conditions of employment: the employment contract; hours of work; payments systems - key issues; wage payment systems; salary systems and employee benefits; health, safety and welfare; case study 4. Part 5 Employee development: performance appraisal; key theories of learning; modern approaches to learning; systematic training; training needs and training plans; designing training programmes; evaluation of training; management development; case studies 5 and 6. Part 6 Employee relations: formal communication in organizations; collective bargaining; disputes and strikes; grievances, discipline and employee participation; employment law; case studies 7 and 8.