The Theory and Practice of Personnel Management

The sixth edition of this textbook aiming to cover all aspects of personnel management based on British practice, has now been revised and updated. It includes new material on: human resources management, corporate and multi-divisional personnel department, new versions of professional codes of practice, computerized manpower planning, recruitment and staff records systems, new staff selection techniques, ideas on tackling unemployment, legislative aspects including the Sex Discrimination Act 1986 and the Employment Bill, developments in performance appraisal, YTS and JTS changes, distance learning and the mentor's role in management development, remuneration packages, new factors in job evaluation, employee share schemes, industrial relations - no-strike agreements and pendulum arbitration, high-performance work design, flexible working conditions and the harmonization of worker-staff status, changing emphases in health and safety and an appraisal of the business manager in the future.
The book is designed for students in colleges of higher education, polytechnics and those on post-graduate courses, especially those reading for the examinations of the Institute of Personnel Management. Personnel managers, industrial relations and employment officers and those concerned with trade unions should also find the book valuable.