An Introduction to Human Resource Management

Dr Nick Wilton is currently Associate Dean for Professional Education and Accreditation at Oxford Brookes Business School. For more than 20 years, he has taught at undergraduate and graduate levels in a variety of disciplines including Human Resource Management and Development, employment relations and cross-cultural and international management. He is the author of an Introduction to Human Resource Management (5th ed.). His research interests include employability, careers and career development, and labour market inequality. He holds a doctorate in the sociology of work and employment, an Mphil in the management of employee relations, is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a senior fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.

• PART ONE HRM IN CONTEXTChapter 1: What Is HRM?Chapter 2: HRM and the IndividualChapter 3: HRM, Strategy and PerformanceChapter 4: The Labour Market Context of HRMChapter 5: International HRM and the National and International ContextsPART TWO HRM IN PRACTICEChapter 6: People ResourcingChapter 7: Managing PerformanceChapter 8: Managing RewardChapter 9: Human Resource DevelopmentChapter 10: Employment RelationsPART THREE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN HRMChapter 11: HRM, Equality and DiversityChapter 12: Career and Talent ManagementChapter 13: The Management of Workplace ConflictChapter 14: HRM, Work and Well-BeingChapter 15: Contemporary Change and HRMBibliography

A great introduction to HR management and a useful book for the new student cohort