Title
Short introduction to strategic human resource management / Wayne F. Cascio and John W. Boudreau.
ISBN
9781107608832 (paperback)
9781107027817 (hardcover)
1107027810 (hardcover)
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
ix, 222 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Call Number
HF5549 .C2977 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.3/01
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Cambridge short introductions to management.
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.
