Personnel Management
A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice in Britain
2nd Edition
Published on 26. May 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
700 pages
978-0-631-18821-6 (ISBN)
Description
This edition has now been thoroughly updated and revised. Like the first edition, the book gives students a critical examination of the field coupled with an analysis of the most up-to-date theory. Experts provide surveys of the key issues and a framework within which to understand present and future trends. The book should be a useful text for students in human resource management, personnel and industrial relations.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
1083 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-18821-6 (9780631188216)
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Schweitzer Classification
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New editions
Book
01/2000
3rd Edition
Blackwell Publishers
€53.41
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Content
1. Personnel Management in Britain: Paradigms, Practice and Prospects: Keith Sisson. Part I Work Organizations 2. The Design of Organizations: Arthur Francis 3. Principles and Practice in Work Design: David Buchanan 4. The Working Environment: Stephen Bach. Part II Planning and Resourcing 5. From Manpower Planning to Strategic Human Resource Management? Keith Sisson and Stuart Timperly 6. Recruitment and Selection: Tom Watson 7. Appraisal: Gerry Randell 8. Wasted Opportunities? Equal Opportunities in Employment: Linda Dickens. Part III Employee Development 9. Vocational Education and Training for the Young: Ewart Keep 10. Continuing Training: Helen Rainbird 11. The Future of Supervision: Bruce Partridge 12. Making Managers: John Storey 13. Managing Culture: Fact or Fiction? Karen Legge. Part IV. The Wage-Work Bargain 14. Managing Pay in Britain: William Brown and Janet Walsh 15. Performance Pay: Ian Kessler 16. Change and Continuity in the Status Divide: Elizabeth Price and Robert Price 17. Working Hours: Paul Blyton 18. Discipline and the Creation of Order: Paul Edwards. Part V Participation and Involvement 19. Communicating with Employees: Barbara Townley 20. Task Participation: Employee Participation Enabled or Constrained? John Geary 21. The Dynamics of Joint Consultation: Mick Marchington 22. Management and Trade Unions: John Clark and David Winchester. (Part contents).