Stephen Taylor, Chartered CCIPD, is a senior lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Exeter Business School. He is also a Chief Examiner for the CIPD. Before his academic career he worked in a variety of management roles. Based in Devon, UK he is the co-author of Work and Employment in a Changing Business Environment and Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, both published by Kogan Page.

• Chapter - 01: Introduction;Chapter - 02: The Resourcing and talent management environment;Chapter - 03: Human resource planning;Chapter - 04: Job analysis and job design;Chapter - 05: Recruitment messaging;Chapter - 06: Alternative recruitment methods;Chapter - 07: Employer branding;Chapter - 08: Selection - The classic trio;Chapter - 09: Advanced methods of employee selection;Chapter - 10: The new employee;Chapter - 11: Performance management strategies;Chapter - 12: Performance appraisal;Chapter - 13: Managing absence;Chapter - 14: Succession planning;Chapter - 15: Measuring and analysing employee turnover;Chapter - 16: Improving employee retention;Chapter - 17: Retirement;Chapter - 18: Dismissals;Chapter - 19: Redundancy;Chapter - 20: Resourcing and Talent Management strategies

"An excellent, well-written book that covers the range of resourcing and talent management issues facing organizations today in a manner which is both comprehensive and accessible. This is essential reading for any student studying employee resourcing."