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Strategic human resources : frameworks for general managers /

By: Baron, James N.
Contributor(s): Kreps, David M.
Publisher: New York : John Wiley, c1999Description: xxi, 602 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0471072532 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780471072539 :.Subject(s): Personnel managementDDC classification: 658.3
Contents:
The five factors -- Consistent HR practices: the whole can be more than the sum of the parts -- Employment and economics -- Employment as a social relation -- Voice: unions and other forms of employee representation -- Employment, society, and the law -- Internal labor markets -- High-commitment HRM -- Performance evaluation -- Pay for performance -- Compensation systems: forms, bases, and distribution of rewards -- Job design -- Staffing and recruitment -- Training -- Promotion and career concerns -- Downsizing -- Outsourcing -- HRM in emerging companies -- Organizing HR -- Appendix A: Transaction cost economics -- Appendix B: Reciprocity and reputation in repeated interactions -- Appendix C: Agency theory -- Appendix D. Adverse selection and market signaling.
Summary: Human resources are the most important resource a firm commands and should be regarded as capital. This text deals with the strategic implications of human resource management as an important asset and emphasises its importance within the firm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The five factors -- Consistent HR practices: the whole can be more than the sum of the parts -- Employment and economics -- Employment as a social relation -- Voice: unions and other forms of employee representation -- Employment, society, and the law -- Internal labor markets -- High-commitment HRM -- Performance evaluation -- Pay for performance -- Compensation systems: forms, bases, and distribution of rewards -- Job design -- Staffing and recruitment -- Training -- Promotion and career concerns -- Downsizing -- Outsourcing -- HRM in emerging companies -- Organizing HR -- Appendix A: Transaction cost economics -- Appendix B: Reciprocity and reputation in repeated interactions -- Appendix C: Agency theory -- Appendix D. Adverse selection and market signaling.

Human resources are the most important resource a firm commands and should be regarded as capital. This text deals with the strategic implications of human resource management as an important asset and emphasises its importance within the firm.

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