Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvii
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  2. What is personnel management?
    Karen Legge
    Pages 1-29
  3. Styles of managing the employment relationship
    Karen Legge
    Pages 30-61
  4. What is human resource management?
    Karen Legge
    Pages 62-95
  5. HRM and ‘strategic’ integration with business policy
    Karen Legge
    Pages 96-138
  6. HRM: towards the flexible firm?
    Karen Legge
    Pages 139-173
  7. HRM: from compliance to commitment?
    Karen Legge
    Pages 174-207
  8. HRM and quality: customer sovereignty in the enterprise culture?
    Karen Legge
    Pages 208-246
  9. HRM and ‘new realism’ in industrial relations?
    Karen Legge
    Pages 247-285
  10. HRM: modernist project or postmodern discourse?
    Karen Legge
    Pages 286-327
  11. Epilogue: the future of HRM?
    Karen Legge
    Pages 328-340
  12. Back Matter
    Pages 341-385
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About this book

Introduction

This best-selling text in the Management Work and Organisations series analyses personnel management and HRM from a critical perspective, questioning their place in the labour process and broader socio-politico-economic context. It provides a refreshing and original look at the major debates surrounding HRM and has been widely adopted as a recommended text for a variety of postgraduate HRM and Industrial relations courses.

Keywords

Commitment Compliance discourse HRM human resource management management

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