This volume presents a perspective on international trends in human resource management, the strategic advances they offer and the companies that have used them to achieve competitive success. It focuses on understanding the complex interrelationships between these innovations and competitive success and in providing managers with an informed perspective on the implications which radical restructuring has for operating efficiency. The text integrates three theoretical perspectives on human resource management throughout - agency theory, transaction costs and the resource based theory of the firm. The work also covers managing without traditional strategic planning, hierarchy, conventional owners, unions, personnel managers, supervisors, quality boundaries and a full-time workforce. It explores how innovative HRM approaches can help achieve competitive success and looks at innovations in organizational design and their implications for managers, personnel practitioners and employees.

Managing Without Traditional Methods: International Innovations in Human Resource Management

Business & Money

Gannon, Martin J.

Paauwe, Jaap

Flood, Patrick C.

Human Resources

Addison-Wesley

Management: An integrated framework

Management & Leadership

Little,Brown

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys through 23 Nations

This book, a best-seller in its first edition, uses cultural metaphors to help students and managers understand, describe, and compare national cultures. In adding countries covered, the author introduces new conceptual frameworks for classifying cultures based on the works of Triandis, Fiske, and Huntington. These frameworks support students as they develop an increased awareness of various cultures and begin the challenging process of integrating cultural and economic perspectives. New nations in the edition include: <ul>
<li>Thailand </li> <li>Saudi Arabia </li> <li>Brazil </li> <li>Poland </li> <li>Korea </li> <li>Malaysia </li> <li>Mexico </li> <li>Portugal</li>
</ul>

International

Sage Publications, Inc.

The 71 exercises in this book can help you provide students and trainees with the practical experience and knowledge needed to succeed in real-world situations. Drawing from over 15 years of cross-cultural training experience, the author has assembled

Working Across Cultures: Applications and Exercises

Understanding Global Cultures, Third Edition presents the cultural metaphor as a method for understanding the cultural mindsets of a nation, a cluster of nations, and even of a continent. New cultural metaphors include: The Canadian Backpack and Flag; The Danish Christmas Lunch; French Wine; China′s Great Wall and Cross-cultural Paradox; The Singapore Hawker Centers; Australian Outdoor Recreational Activities; and The Sub Saharan Bush Taxi. There is now a Web site that the instructor can use to obtain over 100 concepts, applications, and exercises that serve to enrich the learning experience associated with the third edition. It is tailored specifically to the Third Edition. Go to: ww.csusm.edu/mgannon

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 28 Nations, Clusters of Nations, and Continents

This book focuses on the actions and reactions of companies as they interact with one another and strive for advantage. Using actual data and case studies from the highly competitive airline, high technology, insurance and banking industries, the authors develop an original communication-information model which provides an effective method to explain, measure and even predict the ways in which firms compete in the marketplace. The theoretical contributions presented are backed up by a wealth of data, case studies, examples and illustrations.

Dynamics of Competitive Strategy

Grimm, Curtis M.

Smith, Ken G.

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 17 Countries

This book, a best-seller in its first edition, uses cultural metaphors to help students and managers understand, describe, and compare national cultures. In addition to expanding the number of countries covered, the author introduces new conceptual frameworks for classifying cultures based on the works of Triandis, Fiske, and Huntington. These frameworks support students as they develop an increased awareness of various cultures and begin the challenging process of integrating cultural and economic perspectives.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

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Books by Gannon, Martin J.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Gannon, Martin J.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Managing Without Traditional Methods: International Innovations in Human Resource Management

Management: An integrated framework

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys through 23 Nations

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys through 23 Nations

Working Across Cultures: Applications and Exercises

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 28 Nations, Clusters of Nations, and Continents

Dynamics of Competitive Strategy

Dynamics of Competitive Strategy

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 17 Countries

Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 17 Countries