John Purcell is Visiting Professor at the School of Management, University of Bath UK.Peter Boxall is a Professor in Human Resource Management at the University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand, and an International Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School, UK.

• Part I: The Foundations1. Human Resource Management: What and Why?2. Strategy and Strategic ManagementPart II: General Principles3. Strategic HRM: ‘best fit’ or ‘best practice’?4. Strategic HRM and competitive advantage5. Building a workforce: The challenge of interest alignment6. Employee voice, social legitimacy and strategic negotiations7. Workforce performance and the ‘black box’ of HRMPart III: Specific Contexts8. HR strategy in manufacturing9. HR strategy in services10. HR strategy, multidivisional firms and capital markets11. HR strategy, global value chains and multinational firms12. Reviewing and enhancing HR strategy

John Purcell is Visiting Professor at the School of Management, University of Bath UK.Peter Boxall is a Professor in Human Resource Management at the University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand, and an International Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School, UK.

• Part I: The Foundations1. Human Resource Management: What and Why?2. Strategy and Strategic ManagementPart II: General Principles3. Strategic HRM: ‘best fit’ or ‘best practice’?4. Strategic HRM and competitive advantage5. Building a workforce: The challenge of interest alignment6. Employee voice, social legitimacy and strategic negotiations7. Workforce performance and the ‘black box’ of HRMPart III: Specific Contexts8. HR strategy in manufacturing9. HR strategy in services10. HR strategy, multidivisional firms and capital markets11. HR strategy, global value chains and multinational firms12. Reviewing and enhancing HR strategy

John Purcell is Visiting Professor at the School of Management, University of Bath UK.Peter Boxall is a Professor in Human Resource Management at the University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand, and an International Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School, UK.

• Part I: The Foundations1. Human Resource Management: What and Why?2. Strategy and Strategic ManagementPart II: General Principles3. Strategic HRM: ‘best fit’ or ‘best practice’?4. Strategic HRM and competitive advantage5. Building a workforce: The challenge of interest alignment6. Employee voice, social legitimacy and strategic negotiations7. Workforce performance and the ‘black box’ of HRMPart III: Specific Contexts8. HR strategy in manufacturing9. HR strategy in services10. HR strategy, multidivisional firms and capital markets11. HR strategy, global value chains and multinational firms12. Reviewing and enhancing HR strategy