People Management and Development Human Resource Management at Work

A textbook for students taking the CIPD professional qualification. All students of core personnel and development need to appreciate the legal, institutional, national and international contexts within which organisations operate today. (People and organizations) This textbook for students taking the CIPD professional qualification has been fully revised and rewritten to take account of the new academic standards that will be taught from September 2002. All students of core personnel and development need to appreciate the legal, institutional, national and international contexts within which organisations operate today. They also need a sound understanding of employee development, relations, resourcing and reward, and of how these specialisms are integrated into wider corporate strategies. Features of the second edition include: new chapters on the issue of management integration; the latest research and data; and new case studies, chapter objectives and summaries, and revision questions and exercises.