Personnel in Practice
1st Edition
Published on 3. May 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
350 pages
978-0-631-20089-5 (ISBN)
Description
Personnel in Practice has been written and developed to meet the needs of students undertaking the Institute of Personnel and Development Certificate in Personnel Practice Course (the IPD-CPP course). It gives students the knowledge, understanding and skills both to meet the course needs and to function effectively in the real world of personnel practice.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-20089-5 (9780631200895)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Donald Currie has seventeen years' experience in Personnel as both a senior manager and a consultant, after qualifying as an Applied Occupational Psychologist. He subsequently joined Southampton Institute where he has run the Personnel Management Programme for many years and introduced the IPD-CPP course of which he is course leader.
He broadcasts and speaks widely on personnel issues with a special interest in occupational stress.
He broadcasts and speaks widely on personnel issues with a special interest in occupational stress.
Content
List of Figures. List of Tables.
List of Exhibits.
List of Abbreviations.
Introduction.
Part I: The Context of Personnel Practice:.
1. Organisations.
2. A History of Management Thought.
3. Management Processes and Functions.
4. Communication.
5. Motivation.
6. Leadership.
7. General Personnel Activities.
Part II: Planning the Human Resource:.
8. Human Resource Planning.
9. Recruitment.
10. Selection.
11. Induction.
Part III: Developing Employees:.
12. Aspects of Learning.
13. Training.
14. The Techniques of Training.
Part IV: Performance Management: .
15. Personality, Perception and Intelligence.
16. Attitudes.
17. Groups in Organisations.
18. Systems of Appraisal.
19. Reward Management.
Part V: Personnel Information:.
20. Personnel Administration.
21. Personnel Information Systems.
Part VI: Employee Relations:.
22. The Employee Relationship.
23. Industrial Relations.
24. Workplace Health and Safety.
Index.
List of Exhibits.
List of Abbreviations.
Introduction.
Part I: The Context of Personnel Practice:.
1. Organisations.
2. A History of Management Thought.
3. Management Processes and Functions.
4. Communication.
5. Motivation.
6. Leadership.
7. General Personnel Activities.
Part II: Planning the Human Resource:.
8. Human Resource Planning.
9. Recruitment.
10. Selection.
11. Induction.
Part III: Developing Employees:.
12. Aspects of Learning.
13. Training.
14. The Techniques of Training.
Part IV: Performance Management: .
15. Personality, Perception and Intelligence.
16. Attitudes.
17. Groups in Organisations.
18. Systems of Appraisal.
19. Reward Management.
Part V: Personnel Information:.
20. Personnel Administration.
21. Personnel Information Systems.
Part VI: Employee Relations:.
22. The Employee Relationship.
23. Industrial Relations.
24. Workplace Health and Safety.
Index.