The Handbook of Human Resource Management [Paperback]

The second, fully revised edition of this best-selling handbook features wide ranging, updated overviews of developments worldwide by leading international specialists of developments worldwide from the UK, USA, Europe and Australia as well as ccontributions on all aspects of HRM practice including, for the first time in this edition, chapters on HRM in public sector organizations, its role in the development of business ethics, and HRM in Information technology.

The cases retain updated studies of Ford, Sainsbury and the controversial Rosyth Royal Dockyard as well as new cases of teamworking in an electronics multinational and two studies from Ghana and Korea on the impact of national culture on management.

Part I: Contexts: .

1. Human Resource Management in the United Kingdom: David Guest (Birckbeck College, University of London).

2. Human Relations Management in the USA: George Strauss (University of California).

3. Human Resource Management in Japanese Manufacturing Companies in the UK and USA: Barry Wilkinson (University of Bath) and Nick Oliver (University of Cambridge).

4. Human Resource Management: The European Dimension: Paul Kirkbride (Ashridge Management College and University of Hertfordshire).

5. Industrial Relations Reform and Organizational Change: Towards Strategic Human Resource Management in Australia: Greg Bamber and Richard B. Sappey (Queensland University of Technology).

6. Trade Unions and Human Resource Management: P. B. Beaumont (University of Glasgow).

7. Human Resource Management: A Sceptical Look: Ramsumair Singh (University of Lancaster).

Part II: Practice:.

8. Ethics, Strategy and Human Resource Management: Delivering Value to the Employee: Paul Miller (University of Newcastle upon Tyne).

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