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Introduce your students to the essential principles in HR Management from theory to practice.
Human Resource Management, 11th Edition is an acclaimed text on the topic, with important academic research and a plethora of key pedagogical features to support your students' skills for their success in the field.
You can access additional resources here.
Features
Hallmark features of this title
Key pedagogical features link theory to practice.
- 'Theory into Practice' and 'Putting it into Practice' sections at the end of the chapters enable readers to review, link, and apply their understanding of the chapter to a practical business scenario.
- 'Window on Practice' provides illustrative material, including real company examples, survey results, anecdotes and quotations, and court cases.
- Employability skills chapters cover basic skills to learn by practice.
Activities and exercises further support student learning.
- Discussion boxes are short questions for general discussion in a tutorial or study group, encouraging critical thinking and understanding.
- Activities and exercises throughout the text encourage students to engage with their learning.
New to this Edition
New and updated features of this title
New and updated content material demonstrates the advancements in the field.
- New and updated content on productivity throughout the chapters illustrates the impact of Brexit on the workplace environment.
- New content introduces material on job quality and productivity.
- Updated content reflects the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in different sectors of HR.
- Updated examples and references on a global scale offer a wider overview of the topics introduced.
Content that offers a more in-depth analysis of key aspects of HR Management.
- Deeper discussion on the causes and implications of 'presenteeism' and 'leaveism'.
- Refreshed content on the ever-changing topic of the UK's training skills and qualifications, demonstrates the major changes it has undergone compared to the previous edition of the text.
- New chapter offers a discussion on HR in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - an element frequently ignored in conventional discussions surrounding the field.
- New chapter debates the future of work.
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“It is well written and students find a clarity that is missing from some other texts. It is balanced and avoids the mistake of accepting wholesale underlying assumptions about the employment relationship that some HRM books do.”
Dr Alan Roe, Leeds University Business School
Develop skills to put theory into practice, using academic research and current issues
Human Resource Management, 11th Edition, by Torrington, Hall, Taylor and Atkinson is praised for its comprehensive scope of topics, coverage of important HRM issues and succinctness. It is a great introduction to human resources for students pursuing undergraduate business and management courses, as well as those on CIPD accredited courses. Human resource management helps those aspiring to or working in HR or management roles. The eleventh edition has been thoroughly updated with the economic, social and legal employment practice changes and is specifically designed to cover the issues and debates facing HRM today, backed up by academic research.
Additional resources such as multiple choice questions and a glossary are available at go.pearson.com/uk/he/resources.
Key features include:
- ‘Theory into Practice’ and ‘Putting it into Practice’ at the end of chapters enable readers to review, link and apply their understanding of the chapter to a practical business scenario
- ‘Window on Practice’ provides illustrative material throughout the text, including examples of real company practice, survey results, anecdotes and quotations, and court cases
- Discussion boxes are two or three short questions intended for general discussion in a tutorial or study group to encourage critical thinking and understanding
- Activities and exercises throughout to encourage students to engage with their learning
- Employability skills chapters cover basic skills to learn by practise
New to this edition:
- New content on productivity and its impact on workplaces in Britain in a post-Brexit environment, including new material on job quality
- The causes and implications of 'presenteeism' and 'leaveism'
- Updated content on the UK's ever-changing qualifications/training
- New chapters on the future of work and the role of HR in small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
- New content of gig economy, Brexit and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
About the authors
Written by a close-knit team, the authors share each other's writing as it proceeds according to an agreed structure. All have great experience of teaching and examining HR at undergraduate, post graduate and professional level, as well as thorough and deep research portfolios, and CIPD membership.
Derek Torrington is Emeritus Professor of Management at the University of Manchester, Chartered Companion for the CIPD and previous Chief Examiner
Laura Hall is a freelance academic and has carried out work for a wide range of bodies, including the CIPD.
Stephen Taylor is a senior lecturer in HRM at the University of Exeter Business School, and a Chartered Companion for the CIPD.
Carol Atkinson is Professor of HRM and Associate Dean for Research at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. She is also a member of the CIPD Manchester Branch Committee.
Pearson, the world’s learning company. Author
Written by a close-knit team, the authors have great experience in teaching and examining Human Resources at undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional levels, as well as ownership of thorough, deep-research portfolios and CIPD memberships.
Derek Torrington is an Emeritus Professor of Management at the University of Manchester, Chartered Companion for the CIPD, and previous Chief Examiner.
Laura Hall is a freelance academic and has carried out work for a wide range of bodies, including the CIPD.
Stephen Taylor is a senior lecturer in HRM at the University of Exeter Business School and a Chartered Companion for the CIPD.
Carol Atkinson is a Professor of HRM and Associate Dean for Research at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. She is also a member of the CIPD Manchester Branch Committee.
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