Strategic Human Resource Management

Part 1 Introduction: nature, origin and implications of human resource strategies; distinctions and difficulties; case study - British Aerospace. Part 2 Behavioural strategies: HR planning; managing the assessment and selection process; training and development strategies; reward management; case study - National and Provincial. Part 3 Structural strategies: restructuring at four levels; historic, international and post-modernist approaches; case study - IBC. Part 4 Cultural strategies: culture and approaches to cultural change; compliance and co-operation; case study - Grampian Health Authority. Part 5 Integration and implementation: the strategic integration of HRS; HRS and industrial relations; implementation - diagnosis and planning; implementation - managing and monitoring; a concluding assessment of HRS; evaluation of case studies.