Table of Contents

• Part 1 - Human resource management in the modern world
• 1 The nature of human resource management
• 2 The global context for human resource management
• 3 HRM around the world
• 4 Strategic human resouce management
• 5 Workforce planning, analytics and AI
• 6 Employability: the basic skills
• Part 2 - Resourcing: getting people in the right places to do the right things
• 7 Organisational agility and flexibility
• 8 Recruitment
• 9 Selection methods and decisions
• 10 Employability: skills in resourcing
• Part 3 - Performance: success through individual and collective achievement
• 11 Employee performance management
• 12 Leadership
• 13 Managing attendance and absence
• 14 Engagement and retention
• 15 Employability: skills in performance
• Part 4 - Development
• 16 Organisational change and development
• 17 The context of employee learning and development
• 18 Learning and development
• 19 Talent and career development
• 20 Employability: skills in learning and development
• Part 5 - Employee relations
• 21 Employee voice
• 22 The legal framework of work
• 23 Diversity and inclusion
• 24 Employability: skills in employee relations
• Part 6 - Reward: the contract for payment
• 25 Total reward and setting pay
• 26 Incentives
• 27 Pensions and benefits
• 28 Employability: skills in reward
• Part 7 - Contemporary issues
• 29 HRM and business ethics
• 30 Managing the human resource function
• 31 HR in small and medium-sized enterprises
• 32 Health and well-being
• 33 Managing the international workforce
• 34 The future of work
• 35 Advanced HR skills

About the Author

Written by a close-knit team, the authors have great experience in teaching and examining Human Resources at undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional levels, as well as ownership of thorough, deep-research portfolios and CIPD memberships.

Derek Torrington is an Emeritus Professor of Management at the University of Manchester, Chartered Companion for the CIPD, and previous Chief Examiner.

Laura Hall is a freelance academic and has carried out work for a wide range of bodies, including the CIPD.

Stephen Taylor is a senior lecturer in HRM at the University of Exeter Business School and a Chartered Companion for the CIPD.

Carol Atkinson is a Professor of HRM and Associate Dean for Research at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. She is also a member of the CIPD Manchester Branch Committee.