Human Resource Management in a Business Context 3rd edition
Human Resource Management in a Business Context 3rd edition is a comprehensive introductory textbook addressing the needs of business students studying HRM modules on first year courses and beyond. It approaches the theory and practice of people management from a global perspective firmly placing HRM within a wider business context. This delivers a highly accessible introduction to the subject for students approaching HRM from a range of business-related disciplines. The textbook has a truly international outlook with extensive real-life material from the UK, US, Canada and Australia throughout the book illustrating the practical application of key HRM concepts. This edition includes greater coverage of international HRM, diversity and organizational culture, and highlights HRM hot topics’ including outsourcing, the aging workforce, and the psychological contract.
Human Resource Management in South Africa
Grobler and Warnich’s market-leading text has long been regarded as the most comprehensive and user-friendly book available for those studying Human Resource Management in South Africa. Written from a business management perspective, it not only addresses the traditional core Human Resource activities but also provides the reader with insight into future Human Resource challenges.
Human Resources Disputes and Resolutions : The Manager’s Guide to Employment Headaches and the Law
What is the procedure if an employee calls in sick but is later spotted in the park playing with his children?
Employers may think they have grounds to serve a warning, but would they be within their rights to do so?
Harry Sherrard, a successful employment law solicitor, identified the need for HR professionals and line managers to understand the legal rules and procedures when dealing with workplace disputes and dilemmas. He and his colleagues created training workshops that offered more than the usual dry handling of the subject by encouraging delegates to share their experiences of workplace disputes or ‘headaches’, and participate in lively discussion to generate practical and legal resolutions
Impression Management in Organizations : Theory, Measurement, Practice
Impression management is central to our working lives, yet there have been few studies of how individuals manage this aspect of organization. This study looks in detail at the strategies people adopt in different situations and at managers’ awareness of them. The book examines: contrasting sets of protective impression management tactics; human resource managers’ understanding of impression management; and how differences among people can be measured. The combination of illustrations and case studies involves the reader and challenges previously unconscious conceptions of one’s own impression management techniques
Improve Your Memory
Many people believe that they have a poor memory, even more wish they were capable of remembering more. This practical text gives proven tips on how anyone can improve the power of their memory. With advice on improving recollection of names, dates, facts amd formulae, this guide even shows how to improve spelling. It also includes simple tests to check that the memory rules are really sinking in.
Improve Your Reading
Not a text on speed-reading methods, this text presents a proven way to increase the amount of useful information readers can gain from texts, notes and other resources. Whether reading texts or self-prepared study notes, the tips and techniques given in this text aim to ensure that readers will gain maximum comprehension. With advice on how to cut through the waffle to get to the core of a text, this book also demonstrates how anyone can develop a more critical approach to the material they read.
Improving Criteria And Feedback In Student Assessment In Law
Assessment is an essential part of the learning process,and its value extends beyond just the formal grading of students. It is through assessment that students can discover what they have understood, what skills they have developed, and what they have not. Without this knowledge, their ability to build on strengths and remedy weaknesses is severely curtailed. This book aims to provide teachers with a range of practical suggestions for: establishing clear and precise subject objectives; choosing assessment tasks most suited to testing the extent to which these objectives have been met; formulating and articulating marking criteria for the assessment tasks; and developing a realistic and meaningful mechanism for providing feedback to students once a task has been assessed in order to encourage more effective learning.