Publisher's Synopsis
This text aims to demonstrate the links between human resources management and business strategy. It begins with an analysis of the literature on HRM and strategy, and goes on to discuss how new models of HRM are created.;The work seeks to explain the "fit" between HRM strategy and business strategy by describing how different models of HRM are developed to sustain and advance business objectives. Each of the main contributions through which HRM can add value is described, with examples drawn from companies of all sizes and in many different industries. The book ends with a proposed theory of HRM based on the framework it has described.;Data from a major study between Cranfield School of Management and PE International is included, and the text is suitable for MBA students and those on short courses for managers and senior executives, post-experience and postgraduate students of HRM on courses such as MBA, DMS, and third- and fourth-year undergraduates studying human resource strategy.
