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Informationen zum Autor Jiangang Fei is currently teaching in the Department of Maritime and Logistics of the National Centre for Ports and Shipping at Australian Maritime College, an institute of the University of Tasmania. Klappentext Each industry faces unique human resource management challenges and opportunities and in shipping these include a global labour market and global unionism, long periods spent at sea, and health and safety issues resulting from a variety of risks. This book explores all the key aspects of human resource management in the shipping industry and how they specifically relate to the shipping workforce. The book also discusses the practices and issues associated with recruitment, training and development, and retention of personnel and knowledge in the shipping industry. In addition, the book addresses the human resource management challenges faced by the industry, including achieving work-life balance, maintaining employee health and wellbeing, managing risk and crisis, and applying knowledge management principles.With case studies in chapters exploring how the principles have been put into practice in the real world and discussion questions to prompt further enquiry, this book will be of great interest to students and academics of maritime studies and human resource management more broadly as well as professionals in the shipping industry. Zusammenfassung This book explores human resource management in the shipping industry including the dynamics of the shipping workforce and the global labour market. Using case studies the book discusses practices and issues associated with recruitment, development of personnel and knowledge in the industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 The Workforce and the Labour Market, 2 Recruitment and the Image of the Shipping Industry, 3 Standardisation of Seafarer Training and Skills Formation, 4 Reward Management and Performance Appraisal, 5 Industrial Relations and International Conventions, 6 Employee Health and Wellbeing, 7 Work–life Balance, 8 Workforce Mobility, Career Pathways, and Employee Retention, 9 The Role of Human Element in Risk and Crisis Management, 10 Knowledge Management in the Shipping Industry ...
