Collings D.G., Wood G. (Eds.) Human Resource Management: A critical approach

Routledge, 2009. – 332 p. – ISBN: 0415462460, 9780415462464Effective management of human resources is essential to the success of any organization. In this authoritative, sophisticated and engaging new text on Human Resource Management, an international team of leading analysts guides the advanced student through this fundamental discipline of management in all its complexity.
The book explores all the central themes and concepts of HRM theory and practice, and introduces the most important issues influencing contemporary practice in a wide range of organizational contexts. It systematically examines the main functional areas of HRM, and engages with a number of key contemporary issues for both scholars and practitioners.The context of HRM
HRM in changing organizational contexts – Phil Johnson
Strategic HRM: a critical review – Jaap Paauwe and Corine Boon
HRM and organizational performance – Stephen Wood
HRM: an ethical perspective – Mick Fryer
Organizational outsourcing and the implications for HRM – Richard Haines
The socio-cultural aspects of knowledge management and the links to HRM: a critical perspective – Donald Hislop
HRM in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson
The practice of HRM
Recruitment and selection – Rosalind Searle
HR planning: institutions, strategy, tools and techniques – Zsuzsa KispaL-Vitai and Geoffrey Wood
Performance management – Anthony Mcdonnell and Patrick Gunnigle
Reward management – Suzanne Richbell and Geoffrey Wood
Human resource development – Irena Grugulis
Industrial relations and human resource management – Gilton Klerck
The international context of HRM
Human resource management in emerging markets – Frank M. Horwitz and Kamel Mellahi
Comparative HRM: the debates and the evidence – Chris Brewster and Wolfgang Mayrhofer
International human resource management – David G. Collings, Hugh Scullion and Deirdre Curran