Strategic Human Resource Management

Gary Rees is Head of Organisational Studies and HRM at Portsmouth Business School. He has authored and edited a range of textbooks as well as producing research articles on employee engagement and burnout and presenting this research at a range of international conferences. Gary is an examiner for the CIPD Organizational Design and Development module and holds Chartered Fellowship of the CIPD and membership of the British Psychological Society, including the Occupational Psychology DivisionPaul Smith is Principal Lecturer in HRM and Programme Tutor for MSc Global Business at the University of Hertfordshire Business School. He teaches People Management and Strategic Human Resource Management, primarily on the MBA and MA HRM programmes. He is also a guest lecturer at universities in Germany and Russia. Paul has edited books and contributed chapters and case studies to a number of texts in the field of HR and Organizational Behaviour for Routledge, Butterworth-Heinemann and CIPD Publishers. He is a member of the Work and Employment Research Unit at Hertfordshire Business School and has contributed to a number of conferences, journal articles and reports. His research interests encompass diversity in organizations, leadership and Strategic HRM. Paul is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.

• PART ONE – THE ORGANIZATION, THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND STRATEGYChapter 1 An Introduction to the Organization, its Environment and Human Resource Management - Paul E. Smith and Gary ReesChapter 2 Human Resource Management Through a Strategic Perspective - Alison Rieple, Marco Pironti, Paola Pisano and Valentina CilloChapter 3 Concepts, Practices and Trends in SHRM - Geoffrey Wood and Zsuzsanna Kispál-VitaiChapter 4 The Added Value Debate - Gary Rees and Charles LeatherbarrowPART TWO - THE FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF HRChapter 5 Recruitment and Selection - Stephen TaylorChapter 6 Flexible Working - Sue HutchinsonChapter 7 Reward Strategy and Managing Performance - Sarah Jones and Geoff WhiteChapter 8 Managing the Employment Relationship - Monika Huesmann and Moira CalveleyChapter 9 Equality and Diversity in the Workplace - John NeugebauerChapter 10 Developing Employees and Managers - Jim StewartPART THREE – SHRM AND THE “BIGGER PICTURE”Chapter 11 Organizational Culture - Crystal Zhang and Paul IlesChapter 12 Managing in a Global Context - Kate E. Rowlands and Paul IlesChapter 13 The Future of HR - Linda Holbeche