Human Resource Management

This book shows how to manage cultural diversity to gain competitive advantage. With practical solutions that can be implemented at individual or organizational levels, it prepares readers to solve problems that arise from cultural difference...

The latest research suggests that 33% of people lie deliberately to achieve employment. The costs of mis-hires are significant in terms of management time, selection and reselection costs and potential legal costs. Max Eggert’s Deception in Selection will help you, the recruiter, to understand how ..

This edited collection attempts to demystify Chinese management, highlighting recent research into these significant changes and their implications in a wide range of business enterprises both in China and overseas._x000D_ The book was originally published as a special issue of Asia Pacific Business..

Faced with numerous challenges, from globalism to economic turbulence, organizations need an Human Resources function that can lead from the front. In this book, the authors guide you through their model for successful HR development, and point you to potential solutions and good practice which has ..

In this addition to the Gower HR Transformation Series the authors describe best practice in talent management for the HR function. They share, and guide you through, their model for successful HR development, and point you to potential solutions and good practice which has worked for other companie..

What is dignity in and at work? How is it experienced differently by different groups of working people?Are there enduring divisions of dignity: unequal access to what is accepted to be a fundamental human right?How can we ensure that continued opportunities are available for the creation, maintenan..

A collection of papers which investigate the concept of dignity and what it means to people in their working lives. These papers suggest that we see dignity reordered and experienced in different ways depending on our own circumstances and viewpoints...

The book presents a series of epistemological, conceptual and methodological explorations appropriate to the development of critical organizational analysis...

e-HRM is one of the first textbooks on the impact of technology on the delivery of HR services. It includes perspectives from leading scholars and practitioners from across the world, and comes with a companion website to support learning...

e-HRM is one of the first textbooks on the impact of technology on the delivery of HR services. It includes perspectives from leading scholars and practitioners from across the world, and comes with a companion website to support learning...

Effective talent management is about aligning the business’s approach to talent with the strategic aims and purpose of the organisation. The core rationale of any talent strategy should be to have a direct positive impact on the organisation’s goals but in many cases this is not so. The principles a..

Philip Barker and Paul van Schaik bring together chapters to explain the psychology and technology behind performance support before moving on to explore the design of performance support tools for a wide range of applications including learning, knowledge management and research as well as overtly ..