Understanding human resource management /

Kamoche, Ken N.

Understanding human resource management / Ken N. Kamoche - Buckingham : Open University Press, c2001 - viii, 152 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The HRM debate: a reappraisal -- The emergence of "strategic HRM" -- The contribution of the resource-based view -- The dynamics of appropriation -- Knowledge management -- an emergent paradigm -- International HRM -- Managing in a social context -- The future of HRM

This book critically examines contemporary issues in the management of people. It reviews some of the significant themes that have shaped HRM as it has emerged during the course of the last century and identifies the definitive role of the tension between the drive for organizational performance and the 'humanization' of work.

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

HF 5549 .U4164 2001