Human Resource Management
in a Business Context

An international perspective on human resource management, Expanded and revised to include a range of new HR topics, real-life examples and case studies from around the world.

The third edition is substantially revised with new illustrative examples and case studies from a number of countries including Australia, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom and USA.Hot topics include discussions of high-performance HRM, Knowledge Management, web-based HRM, reward management, EU legislation, comparative international diversity legislation, learning initiatives, work-life balance and stress.

The central theme of the book is that dealing with people is now acknowledged to be one of the major challenges for organizations in the 21st century. Human Resource Management in a Business Context provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of all the key aspects of people management. Numerous real examples from actual business situations are used to illustrate major concepts.

The book takes a business-oriented perspective, giving a different emphasis to that found in many traditional HR or 'personnel' text books. Written by an experienced manager and lecturer, the practical - rather than prescriptive - approach lets you understand the issues without getting lost in detail. At the same time, it covers all the main topics you would expect to find in a Human Resource text.

Human Resource Management in a Business Context provides a general introduction to the subject for anyone interested in people management. It is also designed for all students taking HRM courses as part of a business qualification.

Features include:

• broad international perspective
• critical approach
• key concepts
• case studies
• detailed instructor manual on publisher's website
• complete set of PowerPoint lecture slides on publisher's website
• chapter summaries, case studies for discussion and review questions