Human resource management in Ireland / Patrick Gunnigle, Noreen Heraty & Michael J. Morley.

Previous ed.: Human resource management: theory and practice in Ireland, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Human resource management in Ireland: an introduction -- 2.Human resource management in practice -- 3.Strategy, performance and human resource management -- 4.Human resource management and the labour market -- 5.Human resource planning, recruitment and selection --- 6.Employee motivation and the design of work -- 7.Reward management -- 8.Managing and appraising performance -- 9.Training and development policy and context -- 10.Learning, training and development in organisations -- 11.Employee relations: institutions and actors -- 12.Employer and management approaches to employee relations -- 13.Employee relations practice -- 14.Employment law.

Evaluates the developments in the Irish labour market and the implications for HRM, such as labour shortages, growth in number of foreign nationals working in Ireland, gender and employment. This book also reviews the various developments in the Irish and global economy: the ramifications of 9/11, growth of the service sector, and more.