Strategic Human Resource Management

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 32 - 42, 30.10.2019

Sobia Sultana

Abstract

The book “Strategic human resource management” (Alan Nankervis, Robert Compton and Marian
Baird) present a broad coverage of Strategic human resources management,
execution and evaluation using concepts, models and relevant case studies.

In
this Information Era; globalization, the advance in technology and the
transformation in the nature of job are dominant issues for managers and human
resources professionals of the millennium. The importance of SHRM for the
success of the organization is inevitable in this increasingly competitive
business environment and allows organizations to perform human resource
management functions in a mutually beneficial way.

This book is organized into
six parts. First part encompasses the perspective of strategic human resource
management which is further divided into two chapters. The second part includes
Human resource planning comprises of chapters 3 to 5. The third part expounds
the staffing of the restructured workplace including chapters from 6 to 8. The
fourth part focuses on ensuring the effective management of human resource
including chapters from 9 to 12. The fifth part highlights managing employee
relations (chapters 13-15) and sixth and the last part comprised of
accountability, international human resource management, future directions and
discussions from chapters 16 to 18.

Keywords

HRM, Strategic management

References

• Nankervis, A. R., Compton, R. L., & Baird, M. (2001). Strategic Human Resource Management (4th ed.). South Melbourne, Vic: Nelson Thomos Learning