Wayne F. Cascio, John W. Boudreau

Short Introduction to Strategic Human Resource Management

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Short Introduction to Strategic Human Resource Management provides a concise treatment of the key elements of strategic HRM using an innovative risk-management approach. It emphasizes the importance of the decisions, processes and choices organizations make about managing people and shows how workforce management directly affects strategic organizational outcomes. It provides guidance for managers on how to make better human capital decisions in order to achieve strategic success more effectively. Reflecting an increasing uncertainty in global business, Cascio and Boudreau consider ways of dealing with risk in managing human capital. Numerous examples in every chapter illustrate key points with real business cases from around the world. This book takes a strategic and risk management approach to human resource management. It explains how workforce behavior directly influences the success of a company and how managers can make better strategic decisions about the management of human capital. Fully illustrated with real business cases from around the world.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Short Introductions to Management .
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9781107608832
• ISBN-10: 110760883X
• Artikelnr.: 35510518

Autorenporträt

Wayne F. Cascio is the Robert H. Reynolds Distinguished Chair in Global Leadership at the University of Colorado, Denver. His work is featured regularly in business media, including The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, National Public Radio and the Harvard Business Review, among others.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is strategy?; 2. The external environment; 3. HR strategy in context: environmental, organizational, and functional elements; 4. HR strategy through a risk-optimization framework; 5. HR strategy: linkages, anchor points, and outcomes; 6. HR strategy: communication and engagement; 7. Outcomes of successful business and HR strategies; 8. Future forces and trends driving HR strategy.

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1. What is strategy?
2. The external environment
3. HR strategy in context: environmental, organizational, and functional elements
4. HR strategy through a risk-optimization framework
5. HR strategy: linkages, anchor points, and outcomes
6. HR strategy: communication and engagement
7. Outcomes of successful business and HR strategies
8. Future forces and trends driving HR strategy.

Rezensionen

'This book offers a novel contribution to HR strategy with its risk management perspective and call for HR to incorporate more disciplines, rely on boundary spanning and accept diverse definitions of the role. It is replete with ideas and examples and provides strong insight for advanced students and reflective practitioners alike.' Paul R. Sparrow, Lancaster University Management School