Human Resource Management Books

New and Published Books – Page 2

11. Union Contributions to Labor Welfare Policy and Practice

    Past, Present and Future

    Edited by Paul A. Kurzman, R.Paul Maiden

    This book focuses on the contributions of organized labor in the development and evolution of workplace human services in America and eight countries around the world. Beginning with an overview of labor-sponsored social service programs, it showcases the achievements by major trade unions in the...

    Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
12. Storytelling in Management Practice

    Dynamics and Implications

    By Stefanie Reissner, Victoria Pagan

    Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

    Since the early 2000s, storytelling as a means of managerial communication has been increasingly advocated, with a focus on the management practices of leadership, change and organizational culture. Most research on storytelling in management practice derives from practitioner experience, but...

    Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
13. Discrimination and the Law

    By Malcolm Sargeant

    Discrimination and the Law provides an exploration and evaluation of Discrimination Law, with a primary focus on discrimination in employment. Introducing readers to the concepts of equality and the historical origins of discrimination law, Malcolm Sargeant explores the wider political, social and...

    Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
14. The Americanisation of European Business

    Edited by Ove Bjarnar, Matthias Kipping

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

    This book examines the mechanisms and channels through which American managerial know-how and US management models were transferred to Europe after 1945, as well as the actual influence on European industries, companies and regions in the 1950s and 1960s. It explores the role of the European...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
15. Going Multinational

    The Korean Experience of Direct Investment

    Edited by Frédérique Sachwald

    Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

    At the beginning of the 1990s, Korean firms embarked on an impressive wave of direct investment abroad. This dramatic multinationalization was considered as yet another sign of Korea's remarkable economic performance, especially as a high proportion of the foreign ventures were located in advanced...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
16. Learning Transnational Learning

    Edited by Åge Mariussen, Seija Virkkala

    Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

    Systems of innovation that are conducted within national borders can preserve inefficient solutions and prevent development. This has led to a feeling that transnational learning strategies are more and more desirable. In practice, the field of transnational learning has been dominated by various...

    Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
17. Professional HR

    Evidence- Based People Management and Development

    By Paul Kearns

    A new breed of HR Professional is needed who can offer the sort of effective people management that can change the way organizations work. They will first have to resolve the legacy left by an absence of professionalism in people management amongst both operational managers and the HR departments...

    Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
18. Whither Chinese HRM?

    Paradigms, Models and Theories

    Edited by Malcolm Warner

    This symposium explores Chinese people-management as an academic subject, looking at where it is currently going and the likely direction of its progress. After the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China saw the introduction of Human Resource Management (HRM). This book...

    Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
19. Recession at Work

    HRM in the Irish Crisis

    By Bill Roche, Paul Teague, Anne Coughlan, Majella Fahy

    Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

    How has the recession affected the conduct of human resource management? How have HR departments and managers fared? Have leading firms taken measures to sustain and revive their businesses through innovative HR measures? How have union representation and influence been affected? Is the recession...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
20. Handbook of Test Security

    Edited by James A. Wollack, John J. Fremer

    High stakes tests are the gatekeepers to many educational and professional goals. As such, the incentive to cheat is high. This Handbook is the first to offer insights from experts within the testing community, psychometricians, and policymakers to identify and develop best practice guidelines for...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge