Human Resource Management in Context: Strategy, Insights and Solutions, 3rd Edition

Author: David Farnham
Publisher: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
ISBN: 9781843982593
Published In: August 2010
Format: Paperback , 400 pages
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This textbook maps directly on to the new CIPD postgraduate module HRM in Context.

- Written by David Farnham, one of the CIPD's Chief Examiners and the author of the new HRM in Context module

- Written in a student-centred way, balancing factual material with practical analysis

New to this edition:

- New chapter on contemporary organisations and their internal contexts

- New chapter on managerial and business contexts

- Two instead of one chapter on strategies: one on developing corporate strategies and one on developing HR strategies

- HR strategy and solutions added to each chapter

PART 1: INTRODUCING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, ORGANISATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

Chapter 1: Human Resource Management and its External Contexts
Chapter 2: Contemporary Organisations and their Internal Contexts
Chapter 3: The Managerial and Business Contexts of Organisations

PART 2: STRATEGY FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Chapter 4: Developing Corporate Strategies
Chapter 5: Developing Human Resource Strategies

PART 3: THE EXTERNAL CONTEXTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Chapter 6: Markets and the Competitive Context
Chapter 7: Globalisation and International Factors
Chapter 8: Demographic and Social Trends
Chapter 9: The Technological Context
Chapter 10: Government Policy and Legal Regulation

David Farnham is Professor Emeritus at the University of Portsmouth.

'The book is very closely mapped to the HRM in Context module and fits well with my plans for teaching this module'

- Samantha Lynch, Kent Business School

'A very comprehensive, systematic and contemporary review of how HRM is shaped by the context in which it operates. Essential reading for anyone wishing to maximise their organisation's capabilities within its market context.'

- Professor Mick Marchington, Manchester Business School