Human Resource Management in Australia

Second Edition

Pieter Nel, Amanda Werner, Mike Fazey, Bruce Millett, Andries du Plessis, Russell Wordsworth, Bruce Hearn Mackinnon, Yuliani Suseno

Human Resource Management in Australia
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Human Resource Management in Australia

Second Edition

Pieter Nel, Amanda Werner, Mike Fazey, Bruce Millett, Andries du Plessis, Russell Wordsworth, Bruce Hearn Mackinnon, Yuliani Suseno

ISBN:

9780195597448

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Paperback

Published:

17 Oct 2016

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Description

Human resource management is now more important than ever, as organisations grapple with complex economic conditions, rapid technological advancement and a changing social landscape in the twenty-first century.

Human Resource Management in Australia provides a clear and accessible introduction to the contexts within which human resource management operates. This book covers all of the key functions of attraction, maintaining, and developing human resources including recruitment and selection, training, development and career management and human resources information systems and HR metrics. It also offers an in-depth examination of contemporary issues essential to the management of human resources. The second edition has been comprehensively updated with the latest legislation and includes contemporary and engaging examples of human resources in practice in Australia.

New to this edition

  • Significantly restructured and revised including:
    • New chapter on ‘Health, Safety and Employee Wellbeing’
    • Additional coverage of training to chapter 9  ‘Human Resource Training, Development and Career Management’
  • All chapters have been expanded with more detail and provide greater depth
  • New cases included at the end of each part
  • Oxford Ascend Student Resources to support learning and development

Look inside the Human Resource Management in Australia Oxford Ascend student resources:

Contents

Part 1: Introduction and Context of Human Resource Management1.Foundations of Human Resource Management for the Twenty-First Century
2.Strategic Management and Strategic HRM
3.Employment Relations, HRM and the Law
4.Health, Safety and Employee Wellbeing
5.Diversity and Employment Equity

Part 2: HRM Functions6.Job Analysis and Design
7.Human Resource Planning
8.Recruitment and Selection
9.Human Resource Training, Development and Career Management
10.Performance Management
11.Remuneration Management
12.Human Resources Information Systems and HR Metrics

Part 3: Contemporary Issues in HRM13.Ethics and Social Responsibility
14.International Human Resources Management
15.The Future of HRM

Authors

Pieter Nel: Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, Unitec

Amanda Werner: Head of Department, Human Resources Management, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Mike Fazey: Senior lecturer, School of Business, University of Notre Dame

Bruce Millett:  Adjunct senior lecturer, School of Management and Enterprise, University of Southern Queensland

Andries du Plessis: Senior lecturer, Department of Management and Marketing, Unitec

Russell Wordsworth: Senior lecturer, Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury

Bruce Hearn Mackinnon: Senior lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University

Yuliani Suseno: Senior lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University

Student Resources

Oxford Ascend is the home of online resources for higher education students to help them study and succeed.
Each print copy of Human Resource Management in Australia comes with access to Oxford Ascend Student Resources including:
  • Articles from AHRI
  • Practitioner profiles
  • Interactive multiple choice questions
  • Additional exercises
  • Additional chapters
  • Extra case studies with answers

Lecturer Resources

The following resources are available for lecturers who prescribe Human Resource Management in Australia for their course:

  • Instructor’s Resource Manual
    • Lecture outlines
    • Research projects / topics for assignments
    • Tutorial activities
    • Answers to revision and case study questions
  • Testbank of multiple choice and true-false questions
  • Imagebank
  • PowerPoint slides

For more information or to access the for Human Resource Management in Australia, second edition, please contact your Oxford Learning Consultant.