TY - BOOK AU - TI - Human resource management: a critical text. SN - 9781844806157 AV - HF5549.S88 PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - Thomson Publishing Company KW - Personnel management. N1 - Includes index; Contents: Introduction: Human resource management today: an assessment -- The HR function: integration or fragmentation? -- Networked organizations and the negation of HRM? -- 2. Strategic issues: What is strategic HRM? -- Facing up to the challenges of success: putting 'governance' at the heart of HRM -- 3. Core practice areas: Employee resourcing and talent management --Measure for measure: mapping the terrain of the training, learning and skills debates -- Managers' knowledge and the management of change -- Reward choices: strategy and equity -- Employee involvement and participation: structures, processes and outcomes -- 4. International HRM: HRM: the comparative dimension -- Global staffing and the multinational enterprise -- 5. Current developments and future prospects: Technology in HRM: the means to become a strategic business partner -- Ethics and HRM -- Dynamic organizations: achieving marketplace agility through workforce scalability -- ER -