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- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Welcome Notes for Students
- Welcome Notes for Lecturers
- What this Book Offers Teaching Staff and Students
- About the Author
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 An Introduction to Integrated Human Resources
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- In the Beginning: The Evolution of Personnel and Human Resources
- The Integrated Approach
- Integrated HR is Situation-specific
- Organizational Science or Human Relations?
- The Scientific Approach
- The Human Relations Approach
- EXERCISE 1.1: THE HUMAN FACTOR?
- Management Movements: Gurus and New Scientists
- The Gurus
- The New Scientists
- New Prophets?
- HR: Public, Private and Not-for-profit
- GROUP ACTIVITY: INTEGRATED HR
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 1
- 2 Human Resources in an Organizational Context
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- The Strategic Integration of HR
- HRM IN ACTION: THE CHANGING ROLE OF HR IN ORGANIZATIONS
- The Influence of Organizational Structures on HR
- Functional Structures
- Old-style Personnel
- Organic HR Organization
- Mechanistic or Organic?
- PRACTISING HRM: REACT MODEL
- Organizational Culture: How We Do Things Here
- HRM IN ACTION: THE ADVERTISING AGENCY
- HR in Not-for-profit Organizations
- HRM IN ACTION: THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 2
- 3 Human Resources: The Team Builders
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- The HR Applications of Teamwork
- HR and Teamwork: Attitudes, Knowledge and Skills (AKS)
- Attitudes
- EXERCISE 3.1 EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY AND NOBODY
- EXERCISE 3.2 TEAMWORK ATTITUDES QUESTIONNAIRE
- Knowledge
- Teamwork: What To Expect
- Tuckman’s Stages of Team Development
- First Impressions
- Open Questions: Forming Teams
- GROUP ACTIVITY: TEAM-WORKING ACTION PLAN
- Team Tensions and Disagreements
- Teams Making Progress
- Getting the Job Done
- Farewells
- The Roles We Play in Teams
- Equal in Value
- Critical Evaluations and Summary of Team-working Roles
- AKS in Team Roles
- I’m a Person Not a Team Role!
- Groupthink
- PRACTISING HRM: THE TITANIC SCENARIO
- Equality
- Skills
- Translating Attitudes and Knowledge into Action
- Motivations for Joining a Team
- PRACTISING HRM: TEAM BUILDER’S ACTION PLAN
- Managing Team Difficulties
- GROUP ACTIVITY: AKS TEAM-WORKING REVIEW
- PRACTISING HRM: SHACKLETON
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 3
- 4 Employee Relations and the New Psychological Contract
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- Managing Employee Relations
- EXERCISE 4.1: EVALUATING CHANGE
- Downsizing
- Survivor Syndrome
- PRACTISING HRM: RESEARCHING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE AFTER DOWNSIZING
- Corporate Memory
- What is a Psychological Contract?
- The Old Psychological Contract
- The New Psychological Contract
- Psychological Commitment
- Psychological Contracts and Change
- Managing Organizational Change
- Three-stage Change Theory
- EXERCISE 4.2: EVALUATING CHANGE: WHY DO PEOPLE RESIST CHANGE?
- Employability: Transfer of Earnings and Economic Rent
- People Do Not Leave Organizations, They Leave People
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 4
- 5 Managing Time and Life-Work Balance
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- Finding a Life-Work Balance
- Working Smarter, Not Harder
- A Triumph of Procedures Over Output?
- HRM IN ACTION: TOO MUCH HOMEWORK
- Managing Expectations
- PRACTISING HRM: WORK EFFICIENCY AUDIT
- Focusing on Value-adding Tasks
- Delegation: Authority with Responsibility
- HRM IN ACTION: INTERVIEW WITH A SENIOR EXECUTIVE (1)
- HRM IN ACTION: INTERVIEW WITH A SENIOR EXECUTIVE (2)
- Life-Work Balance: A Paradigm Shift for HR?
- PRACTISING HRM: LIFE-WORK BALANCE QUESTIONNAIRE
- How Indispensable Are We?
- GROUP ACTIVITY: PRESENTING THE CASE FOR LIFE-WORK BALANCE
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 5
- 6 Motivating a Diversified Workforce
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- Integrated HR and Diversity
- Diversity: Can We Be Different and Equal?
- PRACTISING HRM: WORKING GIRLS
- PRACTISING HRM: WHAT IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT?
- Respect
- Ageism
- Can Volunteers Be Managed?
- PRACTISING HRM: THE CHARITY WORKER
- EXERCISE 6.1: THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR
- HRM IN ACTION: THE HR INITIATIVE THAT WENT WRONG
- GROUP ACTIVITY: MOTIVATING A DIVERSIFIED WORKFORCE
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 6
- 7 Recruitment and Selection: An Integrated Approach
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- Legal Matters
- Select the HR Electives: Become a More Effective Manager
- Every Manager is in HR
- Recruitment and Selection: Improving Organizational Performance
- The Recruitment and Selection Process
- Situation-specific Solutions
- Selection Methods
- Summary of Search and Selection Methodologies
- AKS in Job Design and Analysis
- Attitudes
- Knowledge
- Skills
- HRM IN ACTION: THE RECRUITMENT ASSIGNMENT
- Designing a Recruitment and Selection Strategy
- PRACTISING HRM: NEW GRADUATE AKS
- Understanding CVs
- Example of CV layout
- EXERCISE 7.1: PREPARE YOUR OWN CV
- Interviewing Procedures
- Stereotyping: Halo or Horns?
- HRM IN ACTION: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
- Can Rocket Science Graduates Make Effective Managers?
- EXERCISE 7.2: INTERVIEWING SKILLS
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 7
- 8 Appraisals: Paperchase or Motivational Discussion?
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- What is Appraisal For?
- Too Many Appraisal Objects?
- How Can an Appraisal Demotivate People?
- Planning a Successful Appraisal
- Pre-appraisal Planning
- Appraisal Methodologies
- Method 1: Appraisal by Immediate Supervisor
- Method 2: Self-assessment Appraisal
- Method 3: Peer Appraisal
- Method 4: Customer Appraisal
- Method 5: Upward Appraisal
- Method 6: 360° Appraisal
- Method 7: Appraisal by External Assessment Centre or Consultancy
- Method 8: Appraisal by Mentor
- Summary of Commonly Used Appraisal Methods
- HRM IN ACTION: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF APPRAISALS?
- HRM IN ACTION: SURPRISE, YOUR JOB HAS CHANGED!
- Appraisal: It’s Personal
- So What Do You Think of Appraisals?
- The AKS Appraisal Model (Attitudes, Knowledge and Skills)
- PRACTISING HRM: DESIGNING AN AKS APPRAISAL FOR A LECTURER
- The Confidence and Competence Model
- High Confidence
- Low Confidence, Low Competence
- High Confidence, Low Competence
- Low Confidence, High Competence
- High Confidence, High Competence
- EXERCISE 8.1: CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE
- GROUP ACTIVITY: ROLE PLAY AN APPRAISAL INTERVIEW
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 8
- 9 Integrated Employee Development
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- Does Training and Investment in People Really Work?
- Integrated HR is for SMEs too
- HRM IN ACTION: NOTHING TO DO AT INFORMATION CO.
- GROUP ACTIVITY: PRESENTING EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT
- To E-Learn or not to E-Learn?
- E-based HR
- Web-based Programmes in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore
- E-learning Programmes in the UK
- The Employee Development Star
- Recruitment and Selection
- Recruitment and Selection Summary
- Induction
- PRACTISING HRM: INDUCTION FEEDBACK QUESTIONNAIRE
- Induction Plan Summary
- Integrated Development
- Development Plan Summary
- Development by Involvement
- Development Through Experiential Learning
- ACTIVE Learning Model
- Involvement Plan Summary
- Development Through Progression
- Progression Plan Summary
- HRM IN ACTION: INTERVIEW WITH A SENIOR EXECUTIVE
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 9
- 10 Performance and Rewards
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- Rewards: Situation- and Person-specific
- PEST For HR
- Political
- Economic
- Social
- Technological
- EXERCISE 10.1: PEST ANALYSIS
- Where Your Treasure Is
- EXERCISE 10.2: CHOICES
- Performance Pay
- HRM IN ACTION: UNMET EXPECTATIONS
- Cafeteria Systems
- HRM IN ACTION: INTERVIEW WITH A SENIOR EXECUTIVE
- Rewards for Volunteers
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 10
- 11 Human Resources Audits and Planning
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- Can Planning HR be Interesting?
- HR Auditing and Planning
- HR Planning: Just Common Sense?
- Linking HR Planning to Organizational Objectives
- Research: Find the Reality Inside the Rhetoric
- HR: Part of the Solution
- Focusing on Outcomes Not Inputs
- HR in The Voluntary Sector
- Fail to Plan – Plan to Fail!
- AKS: HR Research and Planning
- HRM IN ACTION: OWNERSHIP
- Applied Case Study Research
- How to REACT and Get SMARTA
- SMARTA: Working Smart, Not Hard
- Evaluating HR Research Methods
- Selecting the Right Research Tools
- The Documents File Search
- Observational Research: Do They Do What They Say?
- Interviews
- Questionnaires
- Focus Group Interviews
- Diary of Events
- Piloting Research Methodology
- Reliability, Validity and Triangulation
- The HR Literature Review
- Ethics In Research Projects
- EXERCISE 11.1: HR IS OK HERE, ISN’T IT?
- Effective Recommendations
- ACT
- Action
- Control
- Time
- PRACTISING HRM: ORGANIZATIONAL AUDIT
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 11
- 12 Communications and Presentations
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- Communication: Whose Priorities Come First?
- Customer Service: Undersell – Overdeliver
- Communicating the HR Message
- Writing an HR Report
- Meetings: What’s the Point?
- Facilitated Meetings Guide: REACT
- Why Presentation Skills Matter
- Presentations: Asking the Right Questions
- Collecting Presentational Materials
- Handouts
- The INTRO Presentation System
- GROUP ACTIVITY: WORKING TOGETHER
- PRACTISING HRM: PREPARE A PRESENTATION
- EXERCISE 12.1: ASSESSING PRESENTATIONS: GRADING FRAMEWORK
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 12
- 13 Human Resources: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- EXERCISE 13.1: BUSINESS ETHICS: DOES IT MATTER?
- To be Human is to Make Choices
- GROUP ACTIVITY: BUSINESS ETHICS PERSONAL BEHAVIOURAL QUESTIONNAIRE
- Trust and Accountability (Corporate Social Responsibility)
- HRM IN ACTION: BUSINESS ETHICS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
- Too Much Compliance: Not Enough Ethics?
- GROUP ACTIVITY: ‘MY TEN COMMANDMENTS’
- Reputations: The Value of a Good Name
- Hope Deceived and Postmodern Illusions
- EXERCISE 13.2: THE ETHICAL CONSUMER
- Conducting an Ethical Audit
- PRACTISING HRM: PRIMARY RESEARCH: HRM AND BUSINESS ETHICS
- GROUP ACTIVITY: EVALUATING PRESENTATIONS
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 13
- 14 International Human Resources: Locally Sensitive, Globally Aware
- Learning Outcomes
- Introduction
- Towards Cultural Sensitivity
- Think International, Work Local
- Offshore Outsourcing
- HRM IN ACTION: WHEN THE JOB GOES ABROAD
- Global Information and Reputations
- Culture Shock
- International Training Programmes
- International Attitudes, Knowledge and Skills
- Attitudes
- Knowledge
- Skills
- Post-arrival Induction Activity Programme
- Coming Home: The Re-entry Programme
- Reorientation Plan
- GROUP ACTIVITY: DESIGNING AN INTERNATIONAL INDUCTION PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATIONS
- Chapter Summary
- References
- Personal Notes on Chapter 14
- And Finally …
- Personal Notes
- Authors, Organizations and Place Names Index
- Subject Index
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