
Human Resource Management in Context
Strategy, Insights and Solutions
David Farnham(Author)
Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 10. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-84398-259-3 (ISBN)
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Description
This textbook has been written for the new CIPD postgraduate module HRM in Context. Key Selling Points: - Maps directly on to the new CIPD module on HRM in Context - Written by David Farnham, one of the CIPD's Chief Examiners and the author of the new HRM in Context module - Written in a student-centred way, balancing factual material with practical analysis - Draws on research, good practice and practical examples from the business world, as well as covering issues affecting public sector and third sector organisationsNew to this edition: - New chapters on contemporary organisations principal environments,the managerial and business environment,developing corporate strategies and developing HR strategies - Chapters on HR strategy and solutions throughout the book in each chapter.Online ResourcesFor tutors: - PowerPoint slides - Lecturer's guide including additional exercises - Answers/guidance for the chapter activities and exercises - Additional case studiesMarket - Students taking new CIPD HRM in Context core module at level 7 (combines existing Managing in a Strategic Business Context and People Management and Development modules)
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Wimbledon
United Kingdom
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
831 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84398-259-3 (9781843982593)
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Person
David Farnham wrote the unit so this book will follow the syllabus closely. The new edition will include more features than his previous book (Managing in a Strategic Business Context). - Professor of Employment Relations Emeritus at the University of Portsmouth - Visiting Professor appointments at: University of GreenwichUniversity of East LondonUniversity of Glamorgan (Visiting Senior Research Fellow)Catholic University Leuven - Chief Examiner of People Management and Development standard of CIPD - Co-director of Personnel Policies Study Group of the European Group of Public Admin, Brussels - Chartered Fellow of CIPD - Previous titles include: Employee Relations in Context (1999), People Management and Development Revision Guide (2005) with Paul Smith.
Content
Human resources management and its external contexts
Contemporary organisations and their internal contexts
The managerial and business contexts of organisations
Developing corporate strategies
Developing human resource strategies
Markets and the competitive context
Globalisation and international factors
Demographic and social trends
The technological context
Government policy and legal regulation
Contemporary organisations and their internal contexts
The managerial and business contexts of organisations
Developing corporate strategies
Developing human resource strategies
Markets and the competitive context
Globalisation and international factors
Demographic and social trends
The technological context
Government policy and legal regulation