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Personnel management : theory and practice / G.A. Cole.

By: Cole, G. A. (Gerald A.).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Letts Educational Ltd., 1997Edition: 4th ed.Description: xii, 410 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1858051673 .Subject(s): Personnel managementDDC classification: 658.3
Contents:
I: The scope of personnel management -- Personnel management, human resources and business strategy -- International aspects of personnel management -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 1: Lion Office Systems Plc -- II: The organisational context -- Organisations, cultures and perspectives -- Organisation structures -- Leadership in organisations -- Groups and teams at work -- Motivation theories -- Designing work and jobs -- Organisational change -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 2: The Gwyn Valley Railway -- III: Planning the organisation's human resources -- Human resource planning -- Job analysis -- Job evaluation -- Recruitment policies and practice -- Staff selection -- Retirements, redundancies and redeployments -- Personnel records and administration -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 3: Kitco Ltd -- IV: Conditions of employment -- The employment contract -- Equal opportunities policies and practice -- Hours of work -- Pay, benefits and incentives -- Health and safety at work -- Stress management and employee welfare -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 4: Avico-Medicare -- V: Employee training and development -- Employee performance appraisal -- Theories of learning -- Modern approaches to learning - the learning organisation -- Systematic training and development -- Training needs and training plans -- Designing training programmes -- Competence-based training and development -- Evaluating training and development -- Management development -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 5: the management trainee scheme -- Case study 6: performance appraisal at Midsure Ltd -- VI: Employee relations -- Perspectives on employee relations -- Formal communication in organisations -- Collective bargaining -- The role of trade unions -- Disputes and sanctions -- Grievances and discipline -- Employee participation and empowerment -- Employment law - individual rights -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 7: Britco Cars Plc -- Case study 8: Toyota Motor manufacturing Ltd.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00069751
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00069752
Total holds: 0

Bibliography: p. 405-407. - Includes index.

I: The scope of personnel management -- Personnel management, human resources and business strategy -- International aspects of personnel management -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 1: Lion Office Systems Plc -- II: The organisational context -- Organisations, cultures and perspectives -- Organisation structures -- Leadership in organisations -- Groups and teams at work -- Motivation theories -- Designing work and jobs -- Organisational change -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 2: The Gwyn Valley Railway -- III: Planning the organisation's human resources -- Human resource planning -- Job analysis -- Job evaluation -- Recruitment policies and practice -- Staff selection -- Retirements, redundancies and redeployments -- Personnel records and administration -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 3: Kitco Ltd -- IV: Conditions of employment -- The employment contract -- Equal opportunities policies and practice -- Hours of work -- Pay, benefits and incentives -- Health and safety at work -- Stress management and employee welfare -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 4: Avico-Medicare -- V: Employee training and development -- Employee performance appraisal -- Theories of learning -- Modern approaches to learning - the learning organisation -- Systematic training and development -- Training needs and training plans -- Designing training programmes -- Competence-based training and development -- Evaluating training and development -- Management development -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 5: the management trainee scheme -- Case study 6: performance appraisal at Midsure Ltd -- VI: Employee relations -- Perspectives on employee relations -- Formal communication in organisations -- Collective bargaining -- The role of trade unions -- Disputes and sanctions -- Grievances and discipline -- Employee participation and empowerment -- Employment law - individual rights -- Questions for discussion/homework -- Examination questions -- Case study 7: Britco Cars Plc -- Case study 8: Toyota Motor manufacturing Ltd.

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