Handbook of Human Resource Management: Human Resource Management in Action

The second edition provides an update of all the chapters from the first edition, including:

• Selection.


• Performance Appraisal.


• Employee Commitment and Involvement.


• Performance and Reward.


• Training.


• Flexibility and Women in the Labour Force.

Plus, for the first time, 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.