Contemporary human resource management : Text and cases / Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon & Tom Redman

Written by experts in the field, this well-established book provides a critical and academically rigorous exploration of the key functions, practices and issues in HRM today. The first part of Contemporary Human Resource Management covers fundamental HRM practices while the second half examines contemporary themes and issues such as work-place bullying, flexibility and emotion at work. Each chapter contains two thought-provoking case studies, encouraging readers to identify, examine and apply key concepts to real-world examples. This substantially revised sixth edition includes three completely new chapters and case studies on: HRM in SMEs The Future of Work Employee Wellbeing

PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 2 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE: IN SEARCH OF THE HR ADVANTAGE
CHAPTER 3 RECRUITMENT
CHAPTER 4 SELECTION
CHAPTER 5 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENTCHAPTER
6 REWARD MANAGEMENTCHAPTER
7 PERFORMANCE APPRAISALCHAPTER
8 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
PART 2 CONTEMPORARY THEMES AND ISSUES
CHAPTER 9 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT— HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS, MODELS, POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN MNCs
CHAPTER 10 COMPARATIVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 11 MANAGING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
CHAPTER 12 DOWNSIZING
CHAPTER 13 THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF HRM
CHAPTER 14 EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION
CHAPTER 15 EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER 16 EMPLOYMENT ETHICS
CHAPTER 17 EMOTION AT WORK
CHAPTER 18 FLEXIBILITY
CHAPTER 19 WELL-BEING
CHAPTER 20 HRM IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
CHAPTER 21 HUMAN RESOURCE ANALYTICS
CHAPTER 22 HRM AND TECHNOLOGY: FROM SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS TO SOCIAL MEDIA
CHAPTER 23 TALENT MANAGEMENT: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
CHAPTER 24 THE FUTURE OF WORK: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGEING

Providing critical and pragmatic coverage of contemporary ideas in human resource management, this text looks at some of the key issues and topics in the field