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Contemporary Issues in Human Resources Management is aimed at senior undergraduate HR students and offers them practical insights into the working world of HR. One lecturer commented that it is one of the few books that “told the truth about HR”. The textbook is written by a group of local and international authors, as well as South African practitioners. It presents an integrated approach, applying both seminal and current theories and models to the contemporary workplace. It examines the latest developments within the field of HRM and discusses the impact on organisations of the current, often disruptive environment, including that of Covid-19 and the 4IR. It also provides the reader with the broad range of challenges and opportunities in the
field, and how HRM has evolved to promote growth and development. Topics are positioned in such a way so as to lend strategic and innovative perspectives to ensure success in local and global contexts.

Contemporary Issues in Human Resources Management is aimed at senior undergraduate HR students and offers them practical insights into the working world of HR. One lecturer commented that it is one of the few books that “told the truth about HR”. The textbook is written by a group of local and international authors, as well as South African practitioners. It presents an integrated approach, applying both seminal and current theories and models to the contemporary workplace. It examines the latest developments within the field of HRM and discusses the impact on organisations of the current, often disruptive environment, including that of Covid-19 and the 4IR. It also provides the reader with the broad range of challenges and opportunities in the
field, and how HRM has evolved to promote growth and development. Topics are positioned in such a way so as to lend strategic and innovative perspectives to ensure success in local and global contexts.

Features

  • Learning outcomes
  • Key concepts
  • Chapter overview
  • Introduction
  • Example boxes - to illustrate a concept in the real world
  • Quote boxes –
  • seminal and informative quotes or research highlights that support the chapter content
  • Additional information and/or key information boxes to support theory
  • Summary
  • Closing case study, including questions
  • Review questions for discussion
  • Further reading
  • Websites
  • Endnotes

1The role of human resources management in the evolving paradigm
2Human resources, dynamic capabilities, and sustained competitive advantage
3Human resources and leadership
4The strategic role of human resources management
5Managing flexible patterns of work for competitive advantage
6Talent management: Rhetoric and reality
7Measuring human resources management within organisations
8Ethical issues and challenges in human resources management
9Corporate responsibility and the rise of &
10Human resources management in the digital era
11Change navigation
12Employee voice
13Wellness and employee engagement
14Sustainable HRM: The next step in HRM?
15Human resources management: An international dimension
Senior undergraduate students who are studying HR or Industrial Psychology; also suitable for postgraduate students, practitioners and managers.
  • Contemporary Issues in Human Resources Management 5e



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