The Changing Role of the Human Resource Profession in the Asia Pacific Region

Jayantee Mukherjee Saha is Director and Principal Consultant of Aei4eiA Pty Ltd. Aei4eiA is a Sydney-based management/policy research and consultancy firm focusing on 'People and Sustainability' matters. She has extensive experience in the fields of business strategies, management/policy research, people management & organisational development. She has held senior positions with professional bodies and academic institutions and works closely with Government/public sector agencies, MNCs/SMEs, global bodies and academic institutions spread across the Asia Pacific and the UK. Jayantee regularly contributes to forums, been invited columnist in leading HR/business magazines in the APAC region and has over 50 publications, including three books, to her credit. She has received many awards and her work has been widely acclaimed by practitioners and scholars alike. Professor Chris Rowley has affiliations at IHCR, Korea University, Korea and IBAS, Griffith University, Australia as well as IAPS, Nottingham University, UK and Cass Business School, City University, London, UK and has been a Korea Foundation Research Fellow. He is Editor of the journals Asia Pacific Business Review and Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management and also Series Editor of the Working in Asia and Asian Studies book series. He has given a range of talks and lectures to universities and companies internationally, with research and consultancy experience with unions, business and government. He has published widely in the area of Human Resource Management and Asian business, with over 500 articles, books and chapters and practitioner pieces as well as being interviewed and quoted in a range of practitioner reports and magazines, radio and newspapers globally.

• Foreword by Dave UlrichForeword by Peter CappelliForeword by Prabir JhaAcknowledgementsAbout the author1. Introduction IntroductionWhy focus on the region?Focus industries and changing role of HRResearch and methodsStructure of the bookConclusionReferencesNote 2. Six major industries: An overview IntroductionTourism and hospitality industryRetail industryHealthcare industryEducation industrySecurity industryEnergy industryConclusionReferencesNotes 3. Changing HR landscapes across the region IntroductionLabour market efficiency in a knowledge-based economy and the role HR playsLike it or loathe it: HR landscapes are changing across the regionConclusionReferencesNote 4. Best HR practices: Insider view IntroductionTourism and hospitality industryRetail industryHealthcare industryEducationEnergyConclusionReferencesNotes 5. The role of human resources in sustaining the growth of industries IntroductionHow are our focus industries faring in the face of key HR challenges?Can HR be a game changer in sustaining industry growth?PROACT to sustainConclusionReferencesNotes 6. Conclusion IntroductionContent overviewDiscussionConclusionReferencesIndex