Human Resource Management,
9th Edition

Part 1: HRM in Context
1. Evolution of HRM
2. The context of HRM
3. Industrial Relations: Frameworks and practices
4. HR planning in a changing environment

Part 2: HRM Strategies, Systems and Processes
5. Work design challenges in a global environment
6. Talent attraction and selection
7. Talent retention, and development
8. Management of performance
9.Strategic reward management

10. Managing workplace health and safety
11. Workplace negotiation processes
Part 3: The Effectiveness of HRM: towards the future
12. Evaluating HRM: towards the future

• Alan Nankervis

  Alan Nankervis is a Professor and Adjunct Research fellow at Curtin University, Perth. He has previously taught and researched at universities in Melbourne, Western Australia, Sydney, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Thailand. He has co-authored or co-edited 10 books, many scholarly articles and conference papers, and he was co-editor of the journal, Research & Practice in Human Resource Management from 2001-2011. His research interests include strategic HRM, international and comparative HRM, HRM/management in the services industry, and performance management systems. Alan is currently the Chair of AHRI’s national accreditation committee.

• Marian Baird

  Marian Baird BEc (Hons) Grad. Dip. Ed. PhD (Sydney) is Professor of Employment Relations and Director of the Women and Work Research Group at the University of Sydney Business School. Marian is a highly recognised academic in the field of industrial relations and human resource management and has held visiting positions at MIT, Michigan State University and Queen Mary College London. Marian is the recipient of several major research grants from funding bodies, including the Australian Research Council and state and federal governments, to explore critical aspects of women's working lives and the impact of regulatory change across the public and private sectors. She is the co-editor of the Journal of Industrial Relations, has published extensively in national and international journals and contributed to a number of government review panels on equality and parental leave. Marian is a highly regarded teacher and she lectures in both the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Business School.

• Jane Coffey

  Jane Coffey has recently taken up the post of Academic Services Director for Curtin Business School, looking after teaching and learning quality at all offshore campuses. Prior to that, she was a Senior Lecturer with the School of Management, Curtin Business School and has held the position of Deputy Head of the School. She managed and taught a range of HRM and IR programs throughout Australia and Southeast Asia. Jane has actively contributed to the last four editions of the Nankervis HRM text and researches and publishes in the areas of career expectations of Generations X and Y and attraction and retention issues within the performing arts. She is a past Chair and current Board member of Propel Youth Arts WA, the peak body for youth arts in the State.

• John Shields

  John Shields is Deputy Dean at The University of Sydney Business School, where he oversees the work of the School’s Associate Deans in education, research, and academic staffing. John is also Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Studies in the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies. He is a member of the Business School’s Dean’s Executive Committee and Chair of the School’s Faculty Board. He also represents the School on the Executive Board of the CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education and is chair of the CEMS Academic Committee.

• Now with the AHRI Model of Excellence in chapter 1, with the specific competencies aligned to key practice areas in each functional HR chapter

• Updated throughout with the latest material and analyses on Australian workplaces from the Fair Work Commission, Productivity Commission Review and more

• NEW! 'Best Practice' cases with regional focus add local context

• NEW! Improved referencing to and explanations of tables and graphs to help students understand the information.

• More student activities, examples, and materials to engage students online in CourseMate Express

• AHRI model of excellence introduced in Chapter 1, aligns competencies to key practice areas in each of the functional areas of HR (see Part 2)

• Award-winning case studies included in all chapters, providing best practice examples across the Asia-Pacific

• Professional tips and Helpful hints on how to be a successful human resources practitioner

• New to this edition: margin glossary terms - explanation for each bolded key term

• In-chapter boxed features including: o HRM in practice boxes illustrating how key chapter concepts are applied in a business context o Critical issue icons highlighting important topical human resource management issues o International perspective boxes demonstrate human resource management practices in an international context

• Diagrams and images to help illustrate key points

• End-of chapter material includes o Chapter summary o Critical issue questions, providing explanations and questions for each critical issue featured in the margins o Tutorial activities to promote group discussion and evaluation of chapter concepts o Ethical challenge scenarios to encourage evaluation of the ethical implications of theories and practices covered in the chapter. o Case studies link the theory to real-world situations. o Search me! activities

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