The Theory and Practice of Personnel Management
Maurice W. Cuming(Author)
Butterworth-Heinemann (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 30. September 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-434-90285-9 (ISBN)
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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.
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.
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Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
30d.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-434-90285-9 (9780434902859)
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