Strategy and Human Resource Management

by Peter Boxall, John Purcell

Overview

Strategy and Human Resource Management is concerned with examining how HR strategy impacts on an organisation's chances of survival and its relative success, and with understanding how it varies across important organisational, industry and societal contexts. It takes an analytical approach, which examines and explains what managers do and why they do it before offering any sort of prescription for what the authors think they should do. This approach is grounded in research but is brought to life with examples, cases and vignettes to offer a practice-orientated analysis of the subject. As well as explaining important general principles in strategic HRM, critical features of the different contexts in which they are applied are examined.

For this fifth edition, there is increased coverage of contemporary topics, including capital markets and increasing financialisation, Industry 4.0, the shaping of employee voice under different varieties of capitalism and the effects of austerity. Strategy and Human Resource Management retains, however, the classic sources that are fundamental to the subject while also including important theoretical advances and the best new studies of strategies in the world of work and people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350309869
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/14/2022
Series:	Management, Work and Organisations
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.15(w) x 9.15(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

Peter Boxall is Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand. His work on strategic HRM and employee well-being has appeared in a variety of international jourbanals.

John Purcell is Visiting Professor at the Industrial Relations Research Unit, University of Warwick, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Part 1 Foundations
1. Human resource management: what and why?
2. Strategy and strategic management
Part 2 General Principles
3. Strategic HRM: 'best fit' or 'best practice'?
4. Strategic HRM and sustained competitive advantage
5. Building a workforce: the challenge of interest alignment
6. Employee voice, social legitimacy and strategic negotiations
7. Workforce performance and the 'black box' of HRM
Part 3 Specific contexts
8. HR strategy in manufacturing
9. HR strategy in services
10. HR strategy in multidivisional firms
11. HR strategy in multinational firms
12. Reviewing and enhancing HR strategy
References
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Strategy and HRM remains the go to book for students, HR practitioners and senior managers seeking to understand the contested nature and role of strategic HRM in various organizational contexts. The updates and revisions of chapters have enhanced the clarity of arguments and debates and are directly relatable to issues facing managers in organizations today.' – Elaine Yerby, University of East London, UK

'This is an extremely well written and focused text. It approaches HRM from an industrial/employment relations perspective, providing a depth of coverage that sets it apart from other HRD oriented texts. It is ideal for postgraduate students of HRM and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.' – Beverley McNally, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia

'This book provides a sound and highly informative overview of the integrated fields of strategic management and HRM. The new edition goes much further than simply explaining the sub-functions of HR practice, by integrating them and incorporating contextual factors. Explicit and through attention is also given to the foundations of the field. Over the years my students have developed strong reflection skills mainly thanks to this textbook, and I can't recommend it highly enough.' – Beatrice van der Heijden, Radboud University, Institute for Management Research, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

'This book offers an innovative and balanced approach to strategic human resource management. It is an ideal text for students and practitioners who are interested in this significant field.' - Greg Bamber, Monash University, Australia.

Editorial Reviews

"Strategy and HRM remains the go to book for students, HR practitioners and senior managers seeking to understand the contested nature and role of strategic HRM in various organizational contexts. The updates and revisions of chapters have enhanced the clarity of arguments and debates and are directly relatable to issues facing managers in organizations today." – Elaine Yerby, University of East London, UK

"This is an extremely well written and focused text. It approaches HRM from an industrial/employment relations perspective, providing a depth of coverage that sets it apart from other HRD oriented texts. It is ideal for postgraduate students of HRM and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it." – Beverley McNally, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia

"This book provides a sound and highly informative overview of the integrated fields of strategic management and HRM. The new edition goes much further than simply explaining the sub-functions of HR practice, by integrating them and incorporating contextual factors. Explicit and through attention is also given to the foundations of the field. Over the years my students have developed strong reflection skills mainly thanks to this textbook, and I can't recommend it highly enough." – Beatrice van der Heijden, Radboud University, Institute for Management Research, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

"This book offers an innovative and balanced approach to strategic human resource management. It is an ideal text for students and practitioners who are interested in this significant field." - Greg Bamber, Monash University, Australia.

From the Publisher