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Introduction to HRM
The first part of Human Resource Management in a Business Context (2nd edition 2004) introduces you to the essential elements of HRM, its origins and applications. HRM is viewed as an all-embracing term describing a number of distinctive approaches to people management. Part 1 helps you to understand and evaluate the different and sometimes ambiguous views of human resource management by investigating its origins, explanatory models, technology and practice
The chapters in Part 1 address a number of specific issues:
- Where do the fundamental concepts of HRM come from?
- What distinguishes HRM from other approaches to managing people - particularly personnel management?
- Is HRM here to stay or is it just another management fad?
- Is HRM a coherent and integrated approach to managing people?
- How prevalent is HRM?
- What is the link between HRM and high performance?
- HRM and Knowledge Management.
- How has technology changed the practice and delivery of HRM?
- Does its use lead to greater organizational effectiveness?
We introduce you to the concept of human resource management. HRM has evolved from a number of different strands of thought and is best described as a loose philosophy of people management rather than a focused methodology.
HRM has a variety of definitions but there is general agreement that it has a closer fit with business strategy than previous models, specifically personnel management.
In all the debates about the meaning, significance and practice of HRM, nothing seems
more certain than the link between HRM and performance. But is it?
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Human Resource Management
in a Business Context
by Alan Price
2nd Edition 2004
published by
Thomson Learning
ISBN 186152966X
This new edition provides an international and up-to-date perspective of human resource management.
Expanded and revised to include a range of new HR topics, real-life examples and case studies from around the world.
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