Human Resource Practice
This book
Edition 8
<< New to this edition: fully
Date
03/08/2020
Paperback Ebook Hardback
9781789665765 £47.99 9781789665789 £47.99 9781789665796 £150.00
<< Provides a thorough grounding in
all the core areas of HR including recruitment and selection, performance management, reward management and L&D aligned to the new CIPD Level 3 qualification including additional information on job design, people analytics and employee mental health
<< Online resources: instructor’s manual, lecture slides and annotated web links
Pages 336 Dimensions 246x189 Subject Human Resource Management
Author Information
Description
Fiona Whiting is a freelance HR and organisational development consultant with over 20 years’ experience as an HR practitioner. She has held a number of executive boardlevel positions and has worked predominantly with the NHS, local authorities and academic institutions as well as in a variety of private sector organisations. Fiona Whiting is also the co-founder and director of The People Effect List.
Human Resource Practice is a practical and accessible guide for students and anyone looking to gain a thorough understanding of HR, and is the definitive text for the CIPD’s Level 3 Foundation Certificate in HR Practice. It covers all the core areas of HR including recruitment and selection, performance management, reward and learning and development (L&D) as well as providing students with the broader coverage of the business environment that they need to succeed including topics such as change management, organisational context and the legal background to employment. This fully updated 8th edition of Human Resource Practice now includes new discussion of job design, people analytics and employee mental health and is fully aligned to the new CIPD foundation syllabus. Reflective practice questions, case studies and explore further boxes throughout encourage students to think critically about the content and understand how it applies in practice in the workplace. Most importantly, this book contains a dedicated chapter on personal effectiveness to ensure that students develop all the skills they need for a successful career in HR such as presentation and communication skills, empathy, resilience and guidance on how to handle difficult conversations. Online resources include an instructor’s manual, lecture slides and annotated web links.
Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Introduction and Overview The Organisational Context The Legal Background to Employment Job Analysis Recruitment and Selection Performance Management Reward Employee Relations Learning and Development Information and Communication Technology in HR 11 Change in Organisations 12 Personal Effectiveness
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Human Resources, Learning & Development
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