Human resource management : a critical approach / John Bratton and Jeff Gold with Andrew Bratton and Laura Steele.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xxxiii, 506 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781352012606 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF5549
Summary: The new edition truly captures the zeitgeist of contemporary human resource management. With coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to business ethics, physical and mental wellbeing, inequality and the rise of the gig-economy and precarious work, students will feel connected to the complex issues that face workers, organisations and wider society. This edition also includes expanded coverage on the ever-palpable effects of globalisation and technological change and explores the importance of sustainable practice. Students will gain critical insight into the realities of contemporary HRM, engaging with the various debates and tensions inherent in the employment relationship and understanding the myriad of different theories underpinning human resource management.
List(s) this item appears in: HNC/HND Business Unit 3: Human Resource Management
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Previous edition: London: Palgrave, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The new edition truly captures the zeitgeist of contemporary human resource management. With coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to business ethics, physical and mental wellbeing, inequality and the rise of the gig-economy and precarious work, students will feel connected to the complex issues that face workers, organisations and wider society. This edition also includes expanded coverage on the ever-palpable effects of globalisation and technological change and explores the importance of sustainable practice. Students will gain critical insight into the realities of contemporary HRM, engaging with the various debates and tensions inherent in the employment relationship and understanding the myriad of different theories underpinning human resource management.

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