Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Human resource management and its organizational context:An Introduction to human resource management: strategy, style or outcome -- Strategic human resource management -- Human resource management in context -- Resourcing the organization: Human resource management and labour market -- Human resource planning -- Recruitment and selection -- Managing equality and diversity -- Developing the human resource: Learning and development -- Human resource development: the organization and national framework -- Management and development -- The Employment relationship: The Employment relationship and employee rights at work -- Establishing the terms and conditions of employment -- Reward and performance management -- Employee involvement and empowerment -- International human resource management: HRM in multinationals: a comparative international perspective -- Human resource management and Europe -- Human resource management in Asia -- Case study: Global and 'local: the case of the inoperable HRM strategy --Glossary of terms and abbreviations.