TY - BOOK AU - Bratton,John AU - Gold,Jeffrey TI - Human resource management: theory and practice SN - 9780333993262 (pbk.) : AV - HF5549 .B789 2003 U1 - 658.3 BRA PY - 2003/// CY - Basingstoke PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Human resource management KW - Personnel management KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc KW - Personnel & human resources management KW - thema N1 - Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999; Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-520) and index; Part one.The human resource management arena -- 1.The nature of human resource managaement -- 2.Strategic human resource management -- Part two.The human resource management context -- 3.The context of human resource management -- 4.Work and work organization -- 5.Health and safety -- Part three.Human resource management practices -- 6.Human resource planning -- 7.Recrutiment and selection -- 8.Appraisal and performance management -- 9.Reward management -- 10.Human resource development -- 11.Employee relations -- 12.Union-managemet relations -- Part four.The evaluation context -- 13.Evaluating human resource management -- 14.Conclusion: whither HRM? N2 - This accessible yet challenging text provides a comprehensive introduction to HRM. With a good balance of theory and practice, the text critically evaluates current developments in the subject, such as strategy and the impact of technology ER -