Paul Boselie's "Strategic Human Resource Management" offers an engaging and comprehensive discussion of the factors that address the shaping of HRM in organizations. This book addresses key questions such as: How can an organization create an agile and sustained competitive environment without violating individual employee well-being? How can we cope with work life balance issues and maintain flexibility in firms? How can we manage the older worker in an ever aging population? What lessons can be learned from stakeholder management in highly institutionalized contexts? How can be balance the employee and the employer perspective? What is the impact of human resource management (HRM) on performance? This title features: cases from companies such as Air France-KLM, BMW, ING, and Nokia - these have been specifically chosen to help illustrate the theories presented in this book in both a European and wider global content; the multilevel approach including the individual employee level, teams, business unit level, organizational level, sectors/populations, and countries; the blending of Strategic HRM with Micro HRM; and, Strong Pedagogy - each chapter provides a wealth of interactive exercises, to suit seminar and individual study, including stop and reflect boxes, questions for study and discussion, experiential exercises and case studies linked to chapter topics. This book has been written for students with some prior knowledge of human resource management. An Online Learning Centre accompanies this book and provides the following resources: Lecture Outline; PowerPoint Slides; Additional Case Studies; and, Additional Questions and Exercises. Paul Boselie is a Professor in Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) in the Utrecht School of Governance at Utrecht University (the Netherlands) and an Associate Professor in SHRM in the Department of HR Studies at Tilburg University (the Netherlands). His research traverses human resource management (HRM), institutionalism, strategic management and industrial relations.

Strategic Human Resource Management: A Balanced Approach

Boselie, Paul

McGraw-Hill/Higher Education

Now in its second edition, Strategic HRM: A Balanced Approach has been updated and revised throughout to examine the latest in theory and practice. Central to its theme is putting HRM in its organizational context and creating a more balanced approach to managing people – ‘HR sensitivity’.
To illustrate how understanding context is key to successful strategic HRM, this text doesn’t offer best-practice solutions but takes a critical perspective HRM builds on economics, psychology, sociology and industrial relations. It’s a multilevel approach that includes the individual employee, teams, business units, organizations, sectors/populations, and countries.
Key additions: •New chapter on talent management •New chapter on strategy implementation •New cases studies, including CERN IKEA and Efteling •Major revisions to chapters on achieving the right balance and HR roles.
Key Features: •Cases and Discussion Questions provide real-world scenarios and issues to illustrate contemporary HR issues in practice •Stop and Reflect Boxes throughout each chapter designed to encourage students to critically evaluate topics and issues raised and how they can be applied to real-life situations •Personal Development Boxes help students think about how to link theoretical concepts with the development of personal skills appropriate to effective HRM •Experiential Exercises present ‘Individual’ and ‘Team’ tasks at the end of each chapter that can be used as in-class exercises encouraging students to learn from direct experiences •Chapter Summaries provide links to learning objectives to help students remember key facts, concepts and issues. They also serve as an excellent study or revision guide •References and Further Reading list the literature referred to and highlight sources to help students to research and read around the topic in more depth.
Strategic HRM: A Balanced Approach offers an engaging and comprehensive discussion of the factors that shape Human Resource Management (HRM) in organizations.
Paul Boselie is a Professor in Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) in the Utrecht University School of Governance at Utrecht University (the Netherlands). His research traverses human resource management (HRM), institutionalism, strategic management and industrial relations.

Business & Money

Human Resources

McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa

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Strategic Human Resource Management: A Balanced Approach

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