Strategic human resource management : corporate rhetoric and human reality

By: Gratton, LyndaContributor(s): Hailey, Veronica Hope | Stiles, Philip | Truss, CatherineMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999Description: xii, 248 pISBN: 9780198782032 ; 0198782039Subject(s): Personnel management | Strategic planningDDC classification: 658.3
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Soft and Hard Models of Human Resource Management / Catherine Truss -- 3. Performance Management in Fast-Changing Environments / Philip Stiles. 4. The Rhetoric and Reality of 'New Careers' / Lynda Gratton and Veronica Hope Hailey -- 5. Managing Culture / Veronica Hope Hailey -- 6. Contextual Diversity for the Role and Practice of HR / Veronica Hope Hailey. 7. HRM Policies and Management Practices / Patrick McGovern -- 8. Transformation at the Leading Edge / Philip Stiles -- 9. People Processes as a Source of Competitive Advantage / Lynda Gratton -- 10. The Emerging Themes.
Summary: Based on close collaboration with a number of high-profile organizations, this book sheds light on the organizational responses to large-scale changes and details the changing demands made of employees in the process. This book goes beyond fashionable management rhetoric to uncover the reality of human resource management. The team of top researchers examines: the organizational strategies pursued in the face of fast-changing circumstances, the links between what is intended and what is realized, the way in which HR interventions impact on the individual, and the influence which HR strategies have on everyday management behaviour.
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Includes Index.

1. Introduction --
2. Soft and Hard Models of Human Resource Management / Catherine Truss --
3. Performance Management in Fast-Changing Environments / Philip Stiles. 4. The Rhetoric and Reality of 'New Careers' / Lynda Gratton and Veronica Hope Hailey --
5. Managing Culture / Veronica Hope Hailey --
6. Contextual Diversity for the Role and Practice of HR / Veronica Hope Hailey. 7. HRM Policies and Management Practices / Patrick McGovern --
8. Transformation at the Leading Edge / Philip Stiles --
9. People Processes as a Source of Competitive Advantage / Lynda Gratton --
10. The Emerging Themes.

Based on close collaboration with a number of high-profile organizations, this book sheds light on the organizational responses to large-scale changes and details the changing demands made of employees in the process. This book goes beyond fashionable management rhetoric to uncover the reality of human resource management. The team of top researchers examines: the organizational strategies pursued in the face of fast-changing circumstances, the links between what is intended and what is realized, the way in which HR interventions impact on the individual, and the influence which HR strategies have on everyday management behaviour.

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