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A number of influential thinkers in the area of critical HRM are featured here... providing an accessible overview of central concerns in the field. Searching for the Human in Human Resource Management would be suitable for reflective practitioners as well as students of HRM intersted in getting a comprehensive overview of current thinking in critical HRM. - Tracy Wilcox, BJIR An International Journal of Industrial Relations
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Searching for the Human in Human Resource Management is a highly original collection penned by leading critical thinkers in the field of organization studies and HRM, each concerned to resituate people at the heart of HRM and organizational analysis. It offers contributions in three key areas: theory, practice and workplace contexts.
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This is a highly valuable and timely text which explores contemporary Human Resource Management (HRM)/ people management issues. It sets out to examine key tensions in current HRM debates and offers appraisals in relation to a number of questions such as: What effect do contemporary HRM practices have on people and society? What are the consequences for organisations when they view humans as resources and little more? Where can we find a portrayal of employees in HRM writings which resonates with real life - one which conveys work life as socially embedded where people have social as well as economic needs?
This book argues that current writings on HRM are monopolised by the economisation of the employment relationship with little address of people's many relational and personal needs, interests and values e.g. meaningful relationships and connections; 'decent/good work'; community based values; complex emotional needs; real choices and regard for people; opportunities for genuine development. And this serves to stifle human flourishing; overlooking the point that workplaces can be `humanising and humanised' as well as sites of economic production. Adopting three parts, the search for the human travels through theory, HR practice and context (in the final section, voicing employee and workplace experiences). It offers insightful contributions as well as practical suggestions on how workplaces can be improved.
This book is a brilliant accomplishment, well written and researched; it is both constructively challenging and stimulating and is one of the most exciting and engaging academic books I've read in a long time. It poses some really important questions for anyone interested in HRM.
It contains chapters from internationally acclaimed academics in the fields of organisational analysis, HRM, sociology of work and employment studies (Jane Bryson, Rick Delbridge, Steve Fleetwood, Irena Grugulis, Gerard Hanlon, Sarah Jenkins, Marek Korczynski, Karen Legge, Joe O'Mahoney, Martin Parker, Andrew Sayer, Paul Thompson and Fiona Wilson) as well as writings from the award winning Guardian columnist and broadcaster, Polly Toynbee. This text is highly recommended as a key asset to students of HRM, sociology of work and business/management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as being a useful resource for researchers and (more enquiring) practitioners.
This book argues that current writings on HRM are monopolised by the economisation of the employment relationship with little address of people's many relational and personal needs, interests and values e.g. meaningful relationships and connections; 'decent/good work'; community based values; complex emotional needs; real choices and regard for people; opportunities for genuine development. And this serves to stifle human flourishing; overlooking the point that workplaces can be `humanising and humanised' as well as sites of economic production. Adopting three parts, the search for the human travels through theory, HR practice and context (in the final section, voicing employee and workplace experiences). It offers insightful contributions as well as practical suggestions on how workplaces can be improved.
This book is a brilliant accomplishment, well written and researched; it is both constructively challenging and stimulating and is one of the most exciting and engaging academic books I've read in a long time. It poses some really important questions for anyone interested in HRM.
It contains chapters from internationally acclaimed academics in the fields of organisational analysis, HRM, sociology of work and employment studies (Jane Bryson, Rick Delbridge, Steve Fleetwood, Irena Grugulis, Gerard Hanlon, Sarah Jenkins, Marek Korczynski, Karen Legge, Joe O'Mahoney, Martin Parker, Andrew Sayer, Paul Thompson and Fiona Wilson) as well as writings from the award winning Guardian columnist and broadcaster, Polly Toynbee. This text is highly recommended as a key asset to students of HRM, sociology of work and business/management at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as being a useful resource for researchers and (more enquiring) practitioners.
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It took a while for the book to arrive. I should have checked the shipping location. I wasn't aware it was coming from the UK. It is in great condition.
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