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Michael Armstrong
Synopsis This book is a complete manual for the new breed of manager who sees staff as something more than numbers on the payroll. Everything you need to develop strategies for recruiting, training and motivating staff is here. From the job description to the golden handshake. Beginning with the basics of what makes an effective HR manager, through to recognising your staff's needs and meeting them, to overcoming barriers to organisational motivation and rewarding good employees. This book is filled with useful models on everything from how to formalise policies (such as health and safety), training, equal opportunities monitoring and keeping good HR records. At its basic level, it is an invaluable tool for anyone who has staff to deal with as it sets out simply and practically how to manage your company's most important asset--its people.

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Mick Marchington, Adrian Wilkinson
Synopsis This textbook sets out the legal, institutional, national and international contexts within which organisations operate today. It also provides a sound understanding of employee development, relations, resourcing and reward and how these are integrated into wider corporate strategies. The book examines: predicting future staffing requirements and establishing a human resource plan; carrying out the whole recruitment and selection process; developing an appropriate training policy and gaining support for its implementation; handling grievance and disciplinary procedures; and harmonizing reward systems.

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Synopsis Emphasizing the strategic role of human resources, this text covers current hot topics such as self-directed work teams, shamrock organization, broadbanding, competency-based pay systems, job security and violence in the workplace.

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Derek Torrington, Laura Hall, Steven Taylor
Synopsis Human Resource Management is the most comprehensive and accessible text available for those studying the subject at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It also meets the needs of those seeking to qualify as members of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The book is written from a practical management perspective in a clear and engaging style. It includes full coverage of operational issues and introduces the major academic debates of relevance to the field.The book is divided into six core parts each of which contains chapters focusing on strategy, operations and skills.

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Malcolm Martin, Tricia Jackson
Synopsis Rewritten to take account of the new academic standards that will be taught from September 2002, this textbook is aimed at students taking the CIPD Certificate in Personnel Practice. The certificate is a course for all newcomers to the profession. The book covers: the legal framework for employment; recruitment and selection, from job analysis and advertising to interviewing and selection; training and development, from identification of needs through implementation to evaluation; employee relations, including discipline and grievance-handling; appraisal and wider performance management techniques; and maximising the effectiveness of personnel information systems.