Human Resource Management in the Multi-divisional Company

Human Resource Management in the Multi-divisional Company
Author: John Purcell
Publisher: Oxford ; Toronto : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Large companies increasingly dominate national and international economies as aquisitions and mergers grow in volume, often now across national boundaries. As they grow and expand, big firms frequently reorganize themselves along multi-divisional lines to face their diverse markets, and to maximise their capital allocation, rates of return, and shareholder values. Often overlooked and insufficiently studied is the way these developments impact upon certain decisions concerning strategies for human resource management. Based on ten years of research in nine large companies, this book traces the development of the multi-divisional company and, using a strategic choice perspective, explores the way in which corporate decisions influence personnel management and human resource strategies. Using current case material, and the now well-known "management style matrix", the authors explore three issues in depth - the role of the corporate personnel department, the shaping of policy towards unions and collective bargaining, and the choice of management style. The ideas and perspectives outlined here have been thoroughly developed and tested with managers and students alike, and the book will be a useful and practical tool for all concerned with HRM in large organizations.

The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management

The Oxford Handbook of Human Resource Management
Author: Peter Boxall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 732
Release: 2008-06-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0192549200

HRM is central to management teaching and research, and has emerged in the last decade as a significant field from its earlier roots in Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, and Industrial Psychology. People Management and High Performance teams have become key functions and goals for manager at all levels in organizations. The Oxford Handbook brings together leading scholars from around the world - and from a range of disciplines - to provide an authoritative account of current trends and developments. The Handbook is divided into four parts: * Foundations and Frameworks, * Core Processes and Functions, * Patterns and Dynamics, * Measurement and Outcomes. Overall it will provide an essential resource for anybody who wants to get to grips with current thinking, research, and development on HRM.

Strategy and Human Resource Management

Strategy and Human Resource Management
Author: Peter Boxall
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2022-07-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1350309869

Strategy and Human Resource Management is concerned with examining how HR strategy impacts on an organisation's chances of survival and its relative success, and with understanding how it varies across important organisational, industry and societal contexts. It takes an analytical approach, which examines and explains what managers do and why they do it before offering any sort of prescription for what the authors think they should do. This approach is grounded in research but is brought to life with examples, cases and vignettes to offer a practice-orientated analysis of the subject. As well as explaining important general principles in strategic HRM, critical features of the different contexts in which they are applied are examined. For this fifth edition, there is increased coverage of contemporary topics, including capital markets and increasing financialisation, Industry 4.0, the shaping of employee voice under different varieties of capitalism and the effects of austerity. Strategy and Human Resource Management retains, however, the classic sources that are fundamental to the subject while also including important theoretical advances and the best new studies of strategies in the world of work and people.

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management
Author: Jonathan Crawshaw
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 152961595X

This popular text treats international, strategic and contemporary issues as central to the study and practice of Human Resource Management. Its practical focus helps you develop the skills needed for the world of work, through learning features such as HRM in Practice, Developing Key Skills and Debating HRM. The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and brings you: • Case studies which offer a link between theory and practical challenges in the international HR environment • A new chapter on Work-Related Mental Health and Wellbeing • Coverage of cutting-edge topics such as Diversity and Inclusion, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence and Corporate Social Responsibility • NEW Future Insights and Considering Sustainability features Jonathan R. Crawshaw is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) and Director of Research for the Work and Organisation Department at Aston Business School, Aston University. Pawan Budhwar is the 50th Anniversary Professor of International HRM at Aston Business school. Ann Davis is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Resourcing and Development at the University of Sydney Business School.

Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management

Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management
Author: Günter K. Stahl
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1845428234

In providing an insightful overview of a wide range of global human resource issues facing MNCs, this pathbreaking Handbook highlights emergent topics and new research findings that could shape the field of future IHRM research. Theoretical discussion of the variables and processes that affect IHRM policies and practices is provided by renowned contributors with widely differing academic backgrounds, paradigmatic orientations, and theoretical and methodological approaches.

Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management
Author: Michael Poole
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 576
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780415193382

This collection sets out many of the contributions to the theoretical, conceptual and critical advance of the academic subject of human resource management. This has become recognized as an emergent disciplinary field in which theories and models are generated and their propositions tested by rigorous empirical research. It has also become increasingly international in its outlook. This comprehensive set explores the following themes: origins, developments and critical analyses; comparative and international perspectives on human resource management; strategic human resource management; and emergent issues for the new millenium, including globalization and the multinational enterprise, international assignments and expatriation, managing diversity, competences and knowledge, innovation and creativity, and ethics.

International Human Resource Management

International Human Resource Management
Author: Anne-Wil Harzing
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2010-11-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857023500

The eagerly-awaited Third Edition of the hugely successful International Human Resource Management succeeds in maintaining the academic rigour and critical focus that have established its reputation as the most authoritative and cutting-edge text in the field. Positioning itself firmly within the 'globalized' environment, it provides wide-ranging and truly international coverage driven by the expertise of a writing team comprised of internationally renowned experts. New to the Third Edition: - Completely revised and restructured to better match international HRM courses. - New chapters include: social responsibility, sustainability and diversity, comparative HRM and approaches to IHRM. - 'Country-focus' boxed feature comparing and contrasting issues in different countries. - Further international examples and case studies. - Each chapter ends with stimulating discussion questions and self-assessment questions to encourage students to test their knowledge. - A companion website with instructors' manual and free full-text journal articles and additional case material for students. `The Third Edition of International Human Resource Management is a comprehensive guide for today’s IHRM researchers, students, and practitioners. It covers not only traditional IHRM topics such as expatriate selection and the implications of cultural differences, but also advances our understanding of topics that have gained importance recently such as strategic IHRM and international total rewards programs. As a text, it has the advantage of including chapters covering each of the major topics in IHRM carefully chosen and orchestrated by an excellent editing team and written by leading specialists in each topic. The inclusion of discussion questions for students and instructor materials makes it a student-friendly instructional resource' - Mark F. Peterson Professor of Management and International Business at Florida Atlantic University

Strategy, HRM, and Performance

Strategy, HRM, and Performance
Author: Jaap Paauwe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2017-11-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0192536001

The book expounds the macro-level relationship between strategy, HRM, and performance, addressing important challenges that have constrained research and practice to date. Adopting a critical perspective, the first challenge is a narrow definition of 'performance' that has been largely driven by a managerialist, profit motive, with little regard for the human element. This book proposes adopting a more balanced approach towards measuring performance, encompassing both organizational financial performance as well as employee well-being. The second challenge is that HRM has largely been considered a universalistic phenomenon, rather than needing to be understood in the context in which an organization is operating. The book puts forward the argument for a more context-centric perspective, culminating in the development of the Contextual Strategic Human Resource Management Framework. The book emphasizes the importance of strategy, alignment, context, the role of actors, and a holistic conceptualisation of performance. Embedded in all chapters is a focus on achieving an appropriate balance between options, rather than providing a universalistic solution to all human resource management challenges.

International Human Resource Management

International Human Resource Management
Author: B. Sebastian Reiche
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 834
Release: 2018-10-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1526454920

Used by over 25,000 students across 130 countries, this bestselling text, written by leading international experts in each topic, retains its critical edge, academic rigour and breadth of coverage in the new fifth edition. The new edition reflects the contemporary debates and emerging issues in the field of IHRM, supplementing classic theories and models with recent research and international developments. Divided into three parts, the first section looks at the ways of thinking about IHRM theory and practice; the second section deals with multinational companies and how they manage their workforce around the world; the final section looks at both traditional and newer approaches to IHRM policies and practices. A selection of up-to-date examples from across the globe are used to support the text, including Uber’s regulatory challenges across Europe, the gig economy, employment rights after Brexit, health insurance for part-timers in the US and EU, attracting and retaining ‘millennials’, the world’s happiest and unhappiest countries, and CSR in Hong Kong. The book is complemented by free online resources for lecturers and students, including PowerPoint slides, additional case studies, SAGE video clips with critical thinking questions, free SAGE journal articles for every chapter, annotated useful weblinks, and suggested answers to self-assessment questions. Suitable reading for upper-undergraduate and masters level students on IHRM modules.

Strategic People Management and Development

Strategic People Management and Development
Author: Gary Rees
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2022-12-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1398607614

Strategic People Management and Development maps to the CIPD Level 7 module 'People Management and Development strategies for performance'. It focuses on the need for evidence-based and outcome-driven practice in the people profession and explains how HR and Learning and Development (L&D) professionals can create value and drive performance in an organisation. It provides a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of how to lead and manage employees and effectively develop a workforce as well as extensive coverage of how to ensure professionalism and ethical behaviour in the people function. This book also includes discussion of organisation development and how high-performance work practices drive positive organisational and employee outcomes. This book also includes practical advice on key HR activities including recruitment, job design,and reward. Fully updated throughout, this book includes case studies to help students see how the theory applies in practice, reflective practice activities to help them think critically about the content and self-test their learning progress as well as 'explore further' boxes to encourage wider reading. Online resources include an instructor's manual, lecture slides, and sample essay questions.