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This in depth yet concise text has been designed specifically to cater for the CIPD module in Managing and Leading People and as such is closely aligned to the Standards. Students on similar modules with appropriate content such as People and Organisations, on wider business degrees, will also find the book extremely useful.Building on the success of the first edition, this revised and updated edition adopts a more international perspective and includes brand new material, including more on organisational behaviour. Other hot topics covered include managing and leading people in a strategic context, ethics and diversity, the psychological contract, motivation and reward, recruitment and selection and developing for the future. The text includes a range of learning features to encourage students to be more critical, such as case studies, real-world examples and discussion questions.
List of contents
Managing and Leading People in High Performance Organisations
The Strategic Context
Employee Involvement and Participation
Leadership
Ethics and Diversity in Human Resources
Flexibility, the Psychological Contract and Empowerment
Performance Management, Motivation and Reward
Job Design
Recruitment and Selection
Learning, Training and Development: Creating the Future?
Conclusion
Appendix: Map of CIPD Standards
About the author
Charlotte Rayner is Professor of Human Resource Management at Portsmouth Business School, UK
Derek Adam-Smith is Head of the Human Resource and Marketing Management department at Portsmouth Business School, UK
Summary
Learn how to become an effective manager of people with this definitive and highly accessible text by renowned experts from across the field of leadership.
