Reassessing Human Resource Management

`Welcome and important attempts to help fill this `qualitative void′.... Comprehensive reference lists in discrete subject areas also constitute a valuable by-product of all the chapters. Moreover, the case studies yield some interesting illustrative material′ - Work, Employment and Society `The book is well researched, well illustrated and thought provoking. As such, it is a welcome antidote to the grossly hyped popular literature and the less critical academic treatments of the subject′ - Times Higher Education Supplement`The book successfully raises conceptual, theoretical and some practical issues key to management practice, human resource management and trade unionism. For the critical practitioner and the student of human resource management the book advances many notable arguments′ - International Journal of Career Management`Fifteen papers that review a wide range of issues. Particularly valuable for those who need to keep up with developments in this area′ - Long Range Planning`One of the great strengths of the book is the way it integrates theoretical and empirical data.... essential reading for undergraduates and graduate human resource management students.... Blyton and Turnbull′s book is a welcome addition to the literature on human resource management′ - The Journal of Industrial Relations

• HRM - Peter Turnbull and Paul BlytonDebates, Dilemmas and ContradictionsPART ONE: THE EMERGENCE OF HRMHRM - Mike NoonA Map, Model or Theory?Human Resource Management, Competition and Strategy - Richard WhippSome Productive TensionsHuman Resource Maximization - Rick Delbridge and Peter TurnbullThe Management of Labour under Just-in-Time Manufacturing SystemsPART TWO: DIMENSIONS OF HRMOrganization Culture and Human Resource Management - Emmanuel OgbonnaDilemmas and ContradictionsEmpowerment or Emasculation? Shop Floor Surveillance in a Total Quality Organization - Graham Sewell and Barry WilkinsonHRM and the Limits of Flexibility - Paul Blyton and Jonathan MorrisDecentralization - Ian Kirkpatrick, Annette Davies and Nick OliverFriend or Foe of HRM?`Locating the Line′ - James LoweThe Front-Line Supervisor and Human Resource ManagementReward Management and HRM - Ian SmithNew Technology and Human Resource Management - Caroline Lloyd and Mike RawlinsonPART THREE: MANAGEMENT, UNIONS AND HRMManagers′ Attitudes to Human Resource Management - Michael Poole and Roger MansfieldRhetoric and RealityHuman Resource Management and Trade Union Responses - Miguel Martinez Lucio and Syd WestonBringing the Politics of the Workplace Back into the DebatePART FOUR: A NEW FORM OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICE?HRM - Tom Keenoy and Peter AnthonyMetaphor, Meaning and MoralityAfterword - Paul Blyton and Peter Turnbull