Human Resource Management in Australia
2nd Edition
Published on 17. October 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
664 pages
978-0-19-559744-8 (ISBN)
Description
Human resource management is now more important than ever, as organisations grapple with complex economic conditions, rapid technological advancement and a changing social landscape in the twenty-first century. Human Resource Management in Australia provides a clear and accessible introduction to the contexts within which human resource management operates. This book covers all of the key functions of attraction, maintaining, and developing human resources including recruitment and selection, training, development and career management and human resources information systems and HR metrics. It also offers an in-depth examination of contemporary issues essential to the management of human resources. The second edition has been comprehensively updated with the latest legislation and includes contemporary and engaging examples of human resources in practice in Australia.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 248 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
1268 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-559744-8 (9780195597448)
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Persons
Pieter Nel Professor Department of Management and Marketing, Unitec Institute of Technology
Mike Fazey Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management, The University of Notre Dame
Bruce Millett Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Management and Enterprise, University of Southern Queensland
Andries du Plessis Senior Lecturer, Department of Management and Marketing, Unitec Institute of Technology
Russell Wordsworth Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship (Human Resource Management), University of Canterbury
Bruce Hearn Mackinnon Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law (Human Resource Management), Deakin University
Yuliani Suseno - Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law and a member of the Centre for Innovative Practice, Edith Cowan University
Mike Fazey Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management, The University of Notre Dame
Bruce Millett Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Management and Enterprise, University of Southern Queensland
Andries du Plessis Senior Lecturer, Department of Management and Marketing, Unitec Institute of Technology
Russell Wordsworth Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship (Human Resource Management), University of Canterbury
Bruce Hearn Mackinnon Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law (Human Resource Management), Deakin University
Yuliani Suseno - Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law and a member of the Centre for Innovative Practice, Edith Cowan University
Author
Professor Management and MarketingProfessor Management and Marketing, Unitec
Course Coordinator (HRM)Course Coordinator (HRM), The University of Notre Dame
Honorary Senior LecturerHonorary Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
Senior LecturerSenior Lecturer, Unitec
LecturerLecturer, University of Canterbury
Senior LecturerSenior Lecturer, Deakin University
Course Coordinator and Senior LecturerCourse Coordinator and Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC HRM; EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS, HRM AND THE LAW; HEALTH, SAFETY AND EMPLOYEE WELLBEING; DIVERSITY AND EMPLOYMENT EQUITY; PART TWO: HRM FUNCTIONS; JOB ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING; RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION; HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER MANAGEMENT; PART THREE: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN HRM