Strategic Human Resource Management: A Reader - Tapa dura

Strategic Human Resource Management, contains 24 articles that describe the field of managing human resources strategically. The book is divided into five parts, each part covering an important aspect of the discipline of strategic human resource management. The articles assembled here represent the work of authors throughout the world, all of whom have been writing in the field of strategic human resource management since its inception. Indeed the authors represented here have been the prime movers and shapers of Strategic HRM. The Reader is intended for all those interested in understanding how organizations can manage their human resources consistent with the needs of both the organization and the wide variety of stakeholders connecting the organization to society. Thus students in undergraduate and graduate courses in human resource management will find this reader informative, useful and readable. Faculty members will find the article to be representative of the thinking of numerous colleagues throughout the world in a single source - for the first time. HR professionals will also find this reader applicable, as the articles are readable and rigorous, yet practical and thoughtful.

Susan E. Jackson is Professor of Human Resource Management and Doctoral Program Director for the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. Her publications cover a variety of topics, including strategic human resource management, work team dynamic, workforce diversity, and stress and burnout. She has served as the editor of the Academy of Management Review and as President of the Academy of Management's Division of Organizational Behavior; and is a member of the Board of Governors for the Center for Creative Leadership. Randall S. Schuler is Director at the Center for the Study of the Global Workforce at Rutgers University. He has authored a number of successful titles in the area as well as being advisory editor on the Blackwell Dictionary of Organizational Behavior (Blackwell 1996). He's an active guest lecturer at universities around the world, including LBS, Singapore Institute of Management, Manchester Business School, IMD, University of Zurich, and University of New South Wales, and also past editor of the Human Resource Planning Society's journal, Human Resource Planning.