List of Figures p. v
List of Tables p. vi
List of Contributors p. vii
Preface p. ix
Part 1 Introduction p. 1
1 Human Resource Management Today: An Assessment John Storey p. 3
2 Silver Bullet or Spent Round? Assessing the Meaning of the 'High Commitment Management'/Performance Relationship Karen Legge p. 21
3 The Place of Ethics in HRM Jean Woodall and Diana Winstanley p. 37
Part 2 Strategic Issues p. 57
4 The Meaning of Strategy in Human Resource Management John Purcell p. 59
5 Human Resource Management and the Personnel Function--a case of partial impact? Keith Sisson p. 78
6 Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management David Guest p. 96
7 HRM and its Link with Strategic Management Randall S. Schuler and Susan E. Jackson and John Storey p. 114
Part 3 Key Practice Areas of HRM p. 131
8 Employee Resourcing Paul Iles p. 133
9 From Training to Lifelong Learning: the Birth of the Knowledge Society? David Ashton and Alan Felstead p. 165
10 The Management of Corporate Culture Change Graeme Salaman p. 190
11 Reward System Choices Ian Kessler p. 206
12 Employee Involvement at Work Mick Marchington p. 232
Part 4 International HRM p. 253
13 HRM: The Comparative Dimension Chris Brewster p. 255
14 HRM: an American View Thomas Kochan and Lee Dyer p. 272
15 International Human Resource Management Hugh Scullion p. 288
16 HR Issues in International Joint Ventures and Alliances Randall S. Schuler p. 314
Part 5 Future Prospects p. 337
17 Knowledge Management and HRM John Storey and Paul Quintas p. 339
18 Looking to the Future John Storey p. 364
Index p. 368