Published by Pearson (March 12, 2020) © 2020
Derek Torrington | Laura Hall | Stephen Taylor | Carol AtkinsonExpand your learning in HR Management from theory to practice, using academic research and developing the practical skills necessary for your career in the field.
Human Resource Management, 11th Edition, by Torrington, Hall, Taylor, and Atkinson, is an acclaimed, market-leading text, well known for its comprehensive scope of topics, coverage of important HR Management issues, and reader-friendly content.
A complete introduction to Human Resources, this text is ideal for students pursuing Undergraduate Business and Management Courses alongside those on CIPD-accredited courses.
Human Resource Management is an accessible text aiming to help those aspiring to or working within HR or Management roles. The latest version of the text, thoroughly updated with the economic, social, and legal employment practice changes, is specifically designed to cover issues and debates HR Management faces today.
The contribution of academic research further supports the theory and content reflecting the recent developments in the field, making this text a must-read on the principles and aspects of the discipline.
Guided tour
Preface
Publisher's acknowledgements
Part 1 - Human resource management in the modern world
- The nature of human resource management
- The global context for human resource management
- HRM around the world
- Strategic human resouce management
- Workforce planning, analytics and AI
- Employability: the basic skills
Part 2 - Resourcing: getting people in the right places to do the right things
- Organisational agility and flexibility
- Recruitment
- Selection methods and decisions
- Employability: skills in resourcing
Part 3 - Performance: success through individual and collective achievement
- Employee performance management
- Leadership
- Managing attendance and absence
- Engagement and retention
- Employability: skills in performance
Part 4 - Development
- Organisational change and development
- The context of employee learning and development
- Learning and development
- Talent and career development
- Employability: skills in learning and development
Part 5 - Employee relations
- Employee voice
- The legal framework of work
- Diversity and inclusion
- Employability: skills in employee relations
Part 6 - Reward: the contract for payment
- Total reward and setting pay
- Incentives
- Pensions and benefits
- Employability: skills in reward
Part 7 - Contemporary issues
- HRM and business ethics
- Managing the human resource function
- HR in small and medium-sized enterprises
- Health and well-being
- Managing the international workforce
- The future of work
- Advanced HR skills