HRM07017 2016 Human Resource Management 2

The key objective of this module is to enhance people management skills in a working environment.The module aims to introduce learners to the main areas that an employer should or in most cases, are legally obliged to attend to with regard to the employment and management of people. It examines processes, practices, and procedures associated with HR management and administration with particular focus on performance management and employee relations.

A classic text for all students of HR Management, Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice provides a complete resource for understanding and implementing HR.  It includes in-depth explanations of all the key areas essential to the HR function, such as performance management, organizational behavior, employee relations and health, safety and welfare.

The authors encourage and facilitate effective learning, and he provides comprehensive online support material for both the instructor and student, offering opportunities for self-learning and extra help outside the classroom.  In addition, they offer two sections of toolkits with easily applicable skills and knowledge.

The 13th edition, introducing Stephen Taylor as co-author, has been updated throughout to reflect new information on employment law and a more detailed look at international concerns in HRM.

Written by the CIPD's chief examiner, this textbook is closely aligned to the CIPD standards and useful to anyone seeking a critical look at human resource management (HRM) theory and practice. It combines the latest academic research with practical approaches to managing HRM in the workplace.

This revised edition of Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice follows the approach established successfully in preceding volumes edited by Paul Edwards. The focus is on Britain after a decade of public policy which has once again altered the terrain on which employment relations develop. Government has attempted to balance flexibility with fairness, preserving light-touch regulation whilst introducing rights to minimum wages and to employee representation in the workplace. Yet this is an open economy, conditioned significantly by developing patterns of international trade and by European Union policy initiatives. This interaction of domestic and cross-national influences in analysis of changes in employment relations runs throughout the volume.

The structure has been amended slightly. Britain is placed straight away in comparative perspective before attention focuses explicitly on employment relations actors, contexts, processes, and outcomes. Each of the chapters is written by authorities in the field and provides up to date analysis and commentary. A spine of chapters from the preceding volume have been revised and extensively updated and new chapters have been added to refine coverage of issues such as the private sector and developing legal institutions.

Overall, a picture emerges of an economy that is in incremental and contested transition. The imperatives of 'globalization' now infuse governance mechanisms that were once responsive principally to domestic agenda and employment standards are set now by the state that once were established through collective bargaining. It is this fragile and emerging model that will be tested significantly through sustained political and economic change.

"Completely revised, the latest edition of Industrial Relations provides an invaluable guide to the actors, contexts, processes and significant outcomes within British employment relations. Based on a thorough review of the latest research, it is essential reading for students, academics and those professionally involved in employment relations and human resource management."
Edmund Heery, Cardiff Business School

"This is a terrific collection of insightful analyses of British workplace relations in a global context provided by leading scholars. The chapters creatively utilize a multidisciplinary and critical approach that reveals the continuing and unique value of an industrial relations perspective. The volume cleverly assesses how factors including increased demographic diversity, organizational restructuring, globalization, and the reduced coverage of collective bargaining are affecting the nature and evolution of work and workplace relations. It is a must read.
Harry C. Katz, Cornell University, New York

"This volume definitely constitutes the most comprehensive and best collection of empirical as well as analytical essays on industrial relations in Great Britain. This substantially revised, enlarged and updated version of its well known predecessors puts the specific national experience in comparative context and international perspective. A truly interdisciplinary volume by leading authorities, this has to be highly recommended for domestic as well as foreign scholars, practitioners and policy makers."
Bernt Keller, University of Konstanz, Germany

"With working people facing the worst crisis in generations, this book is a much needed reminder of the crucial importance of employment relations research in Britain. The 3rd edition of Industrial Relations, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the IRRU at Warwick University, provides a completely updated, cutting-edge analysis by leading scholars on work and employment developments in contemporary Britain. It delivers a most informative view of modern employment, its problems and possibilities. A must for students and practitioners in employment relations, human resource management and industrial sociology."
Professor Carola Frege, London School of Economics and Editor of BJIR

This book brings together a wealth of evidence on human resources management in Ireland, featuring contributions from leading Irish academics. Reflecting the richness, diversity, and breadth of SHRM in Ireland, this book is an invaluable resource for undergraduates specializing in HRM, Masters students requiring up-to-date knowledge about people management practices and processes, while also serving as a reflective resource for experienced executives.

Breaking new ground and drawing on contributions from the leading academics in the field, this notable volume focuses specifically on industrial relations.  Informative and revealing, the text provides an overview of the industrial relations systems of nine regions (North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Africa, and India) and is divided into two distinct sections covering:

• regional variations in global industrial relations systems 
• contemporary themes in global industrial relations.

Combining both systems and thematic issues, this important new text is invaluable reading for postgraduates and professionals in the fields of human resources management, industrial relations and business and management as well as anyone studying or interested in the issues surrounding global industrial relations.

This is the ideal resource for students who need to gain a thorough understanding of contemporary issues and the practical skills needed for the workplace. Tony Dundon and Derek Rollinson clearly guide readers through the multitude of factors - economic, social, psychological and legal - that shape contemporary employment relations and management practice. Their student-friendly approach provides exercises, case studies and reflective questions - plus a wealth of additional resources online - designed to help readers think critically and apply their knowledge to real-world situations.

Core Text: Human Resource Management. Carbery, R and Cross, C. 2013. Palgrave Macmillan.

Supplementary: Employee Reward. Perkins, S & White, G. (2008) CIPD

Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, 13th edition:Armstrong, M. (2014) Kogan Page.

Human Resource Management. Gunnigle, P, Heraty, N, Morley, M (2011). Gill & Macmillan.

Human Resource Management at work (5th ed). Marchington, M & Wilkinson, A. (2012). CIPD

Industrial Relations Theory & Practice. Colling, T & Terry, M (2010). Wiley

Strategy and Human Resource Management, Third Edition: Palgrave & MacmillanBoxall P., Purcell J. (2011),

Strategic HRM: Research and Practice in Ireland, Harney, B., Monks, K. (eds) (2014) : Orpen Press.

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development www.cipd.co.uk
People management - the magazine of the CIPD www.peoplemanagement.co.uk
CIPD in Ireland www.cipd.co.uk/branch/Ireland
Central Statistics Office www.cso.ie
Economic and Social Research Institute www.esri.ie
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (European Industrial relations Observatory on-line) www.eiro.eurofound.ie/eirobserver.html
Eurostat (source of social and economic statistics on EU) http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/serven/home.htm
Industrial Relations News www.irn.ie
FORFAS www.forfas.ie
IDA www.ida.ie
Enterprise Ireland www.enterprise-ireland.com
Public Appointments Service www.publicjobs.ie
Irish Academy of Management (an association of academics focused on research and teaching in management studies) www.iamireland.com
International Labour Organization www.ilo.org
National Centre for Partnership and Performance www.ncpp.ie
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development www.oecd.org
Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union www.siptu.ie
Irish Business and Employers Confederation www.ibec.ie
Irish Congress of Trade Unions www.ictu.ie
Workplace Relations Commission www.wrc.ie
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment www.entemp.ie
Employment Appeals Tribunal www.eatribunal.ie
Labour Court ph. www.labourcourt.ie
Equality Authority www.equality.ie
Health & Safety Authority www.hsa.ie
Society for Human Resource Management (US) www.shrm.org

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