South African Human Resource Management: Theory and Practice
Ebook ISBN: 9781485130109
Ebook ISBN: 9781485130109
Product Details:
Author(s):
Year Published:
2019
Edition
6th Edition
Type:
Ebook | eBook
Language:
English
About this publication
South African Human Resource Management, now in its sixth edition, answers the ever-growing demand for a human resource management (HRM) compendium specific to South Africa. Written by South Africans for South Africans, the book contextualises HRM locally and within the wider African context and demonstrates why HRM is central to the sustainable development challenges we face.
This update covers contemporary HR trends in South Africa and the SABPP’s National HR Management System Standard and its supporting process of the ongoing development of Professional Practice Standards. It contains cutting-edge information for complete streams of HRM studies and now includes numerous public-sector examples and connections, making it an indispensable tool for those practicing (or aspiring to practice) HRM in public-sector organisations. The book emphasises the broader ‘HRM agenda’ showing its value to working people, organisations and to society.
Key Features
Content
Part 1: Setting the HRM agenda: Conceptual and contextual perspectives
Part 2: Preparatory HRM work: Strategising, designing and planning
Part 3: Sourcing work talent
Part 4: The challenge of people empowerment
Part 5: The reward and care challenge
Part 6: The challenges of labour and employee relations
Part 7: Additional challenges and perspectives
Interest / Benefit to
This edition is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate studies at higher education institutions as well as for human resource practitioners. It is of value to management development and MBA programmes, as it clearly shows that HRM is central to the work of all managers, and to anyone involved and/or potentially interested in the management of human resources on the African continent.