Strategic Human Resource Management [Paperback]

The second edition of this popular volume provides management students and senior practitioners with a completely new and updated guide to the latest work in the field. This selection of important and highly readable articles from authors around the world charts key developments that have changed the theory and practice of SHRM over the last six years.

• Covers issues of globalization and knowledge management, and their effect on the field of HRM and SHRM.
  
• Includes more articles that discuss international aspects of HRM and SHRM and that demonstrate the use of HRM and SHRM for global competitive advantage.
  
• Explores and highlights the new reality of knowledge management and its implications for HRM and SHRM.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Part I: Overview of SHRM.

1. Looking Inside for Competitive Advantage: Jay B. Barney.

2. Understanding Human Resource Management in the Context of Organizations and Their Environments: Susan E. Jackson and Randall S. Schuler.

3. Implications of the Converging Economy for Human Resource Management: Suzanne Zivnuska, David J. Ketchen, Jr. and Charles C. Snow.

4. Human Resources and the Resource Based View of the Firm: Patrick M. Wright, Benjamin B. Dunford and Scott A. Snell.

5. The Complex Resource-Based View: Implications for Theory and Practice in Strategic Human Resource Management: Barry A. Colbert.

6. Alignment of Human Resources and Their Impact on Business Performance: Dave Ulrich.

Part II : Global Dimensions.

7. Converting Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage: Anil K. Gupta and Vijay Govindarajan.

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