Focuses on the resourcing of organisations with people, this engaging text achieves a balance between academic rigour and practitioner relevance. This balanced approach, together with the breadth and versatility of the content, enables the book to be used effectively for modules based on the CIPD Professional Standards and other upper-level HRM modules.
Substantially revised and updated to match new CIPD Professional Standards, this fourth edition promises to make the subject even more involving and understandable. Readable and clear, People Resourcing and Talent Management uses real life examples and case studies to examine how HR theory and concepts apply in practice.
This book addresses a broad range of HR issues and covers all the activities that are essential for the acquiring, managing and retaining talent - this from HR planning through to release from employment. It describes and analyses contemporary HR practice and puts it into context, covering the latest developments in people resourcing and talent planning.
This text meets the knowledge and understanding requirements for the CIPD's Resourcing and Talent Management module.
Table of contents
Chapter 1- People Resourcing - the changing world of work and contemporary human resource management
Chapter 2- Human Resources Strategy - perspectives and theories
Chapter 3- Competencies in People Resourcing
Chapter 4- Human Resource Planning, Talent Planning and Worker Flexibility
Chapter 5- HR Information Systems and e-enabled HR
Chapter 6- Recruitment: attracting the right people
Chapter 7- Selection: choosing the right people
Chapter 8- Managing Diversity
Chapter 9- Pay, Reward and Resourcing
Chapter 10- Reward, Financial Benefits and Pensions
Chapter 11- Managing and Appraising Performance
Chapter 12- Human Resource Development
Chapter 13- Managing Health and Safety at Work
Chapter 14- The Strategic Management of Employee Well-being
Chapter 15- Employment Relations in Context
Chapter 16- Employment Relations Processes
Chapter 17- Conflict Resolution: discipline and grievance
Chapter 18- Termination of Employment
Chapter 19- Managing Redundancy