Donald Currie has seventeen years' experience in Personnel as both a senior manager and a consultant, after qualifying as an Applied Occupational Psychologist. He subsequently joined Southampton Institute where he has run the Personnel Management Programme for many years and introduced the IPD-CPP course of which he is course leader. He broadcasts and speaks widely on personnel issues with a special interest in occupational stress.

• List of Figures. List of Tables.List of Exhibits.List of Abbreviations.Introduction.Part I: The Context of Personnel Practice:.1. Organisations.2. A History of Management Thought.3. Management Processes and Functions.4. Communication.5. Motivation.6. Leadership.7. General Personnel Activities.Part II: Planning the Human Resource:.8. Human Resource Planning.9. Recruitment.10. Selection.11. Induction.Part III: Developing Employees:.12. Aspects of Learning.13. Training.14. The Techniques of Training.Part IV: Performance Management: .15. Personality, Perception and Intelligence.16. Attitudes.17. Groups in Organisations.18. Systems of Appraisal.19. Reward Management.Part V: Personnel Information:.20. Personnel Administration.21. Personnel Information Systems.Part VI: Employee Relations:.22. The Employee Relationship.23. Industrial Relations.24. Workplace Health and Safety.Index.

Donald Currie has seventeen years' experience in Personnel as both a senior manager and a consultant, after qualifying as an Applied Occupational Psychologist. He subsequently joined Southampton Institute where he has run the Personnel Management Programme for many years and introduced the IPD-CPP course of which he is course leader. He broadcasts and speaks widely on personnel issues with a special interest in occupational stress.

• List of Figures. List of Tables.List of Exhibits.List of Abbreviations.Introduction.Part I: The Context of Personnel Practice:.1. Organisations.2. A History of Management Thought.3. Management Processes and Functions.4. Communication.5. Motivation.6. Leadership.7. General Personnel Activities.Part II: Planning the Human Resource:.8. Human Resource Planning.9. Recruitment.10. Selection.11. Induction.Part III: Developing Employees:.12. Aspects of Learning.13. Training.14. The Techniques of Training.Part IV: Performance Management: .15. Personality, Perception and Intelligence.16. Attitudes.17. Groups in Organisations.18. Systems of Appraisal.19. Reward Management.Part V: Personnel Information:.20. Personnel Administration.21. Personnel Information Systems.Part VI: Employee Relations:.22. The Employee Relationship.23. Industrial Relations.24. Workplace Health and Safety.Index.

Donald Currie has seventeen years' experience in Personnel as both a senior manager and a consultant, after qualifying as an Applied Occupational Psychologist. He subsequently joined Southampton Institute where he has run the Personnel Management Programme for many years and introduced the IPD-CPP course of which he is course leader. He broadcasts and speaks widely on personnel issues with a special interest in occupational stress.

• List of Figures. List of Tables.List of Exhibits.List of Abbreviations.Introduction.Part I: The Context of Personnel Practice:.1. Organisations.2. A History of Management Thought.3. Management Processes and Functions.4. Communication.5. Motivation.6. Leadership.7. General Personnel Activities.Part II: Planning the Human Resource:.8. Human Resource Planning.9. Recruitment.10. Selection.11. Induction.Part III: Developing Employees:.12. Aspects of Learning.13. Training.14. The Techniques of Training.Part IV: Performance Management: .15. Personality, Perception and Intelligence.16. Attitudes.17. Groups in Organisations.18. Systems of Appraisal.19. Reward Management.Part V: Personnel Information:.20. Personnel Administration.21. Personnel Information Systems.Part VI: Employee Relations:.22. The Employee Relationship.23. Industrial Relations.24. Workplace Health and Safety.Index.