Where's the 'Human' in Human Resource Management?: Managing Work in the 21st Century

The book discusses how the global economy, digital technologies, mass migration, gig work, and zero-hours contracts have influenced human resource management. It adopts a critical approach to these challenges and places workers' perspectives alongside those of managers to create an HRM textbook for the 21st century. It covers key issues such as conflict and resistance, the 'new unitarism', migration, and the challenges of Artificial Intelligence and includes current examples and case studies from the international world of work and business.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 470 pages
Publication date: 06 September 2022
Publisher: Bristol University Press

The ever-evolving landscape of the global economy, digital technologies, mass migration, gig work, and zero-hours contracts has brought forth
This book adopts a critical approach to today's major workplace challenges. It turns traditional human resource management on its head by placing workers' perspectives towards the workplace alongside those of managers to create an HRM textbook for the 21st century. Written by two experienced and research-active authors, the book:
• locates control of labor costs and productivity at the heart of HRM policy and practice;
• covers key issues that are overlooked in many textbooks, including conflict and resistance, the 'new unitarism,' migration, and the challenges of Artificial Intelligence;
• adopts a critical approach that will appeal more to students who do not wish to become traditional managers;
• includes current examples and case studies from the international world of work and business that will bring the subject to life. This is a comprehensive one-stop resource for students and lecturers alike.

The emergence of the global economy, digital technologies, mass migration, gig work, and zero-hours contracts has thrust this question to the forefront of human resource management (HRM). So, how can we keep the 'human' in human resource management faced by these pressures? This book adopts a critical approach to today's major workplace challenges. It turns traditional HRM on its head by placing workers' perspectives towards the workplace alongside those of managers to create an HRM textbook for the 21st century. Written by two experienced and research-active authors, the book:
• locates control of labor costs and productivity at the heart of HRM policy and practice;
• covers key issues that are overlooked in many textbooks, including conflict and resistance, the 'new unitarism,' migration, and the challenges of Artificial Intelligence;
• adopts a critical approach that will appeal more to students who do not wish to become traditional managers;
• includes current examples and case studies from the international world of work and business that will bring the subject to life. This is a comprehensive one-stop resource for students and lecturers alike.

The ever-evolving landscape of the global economy, digital technologies, mass migration, gig work, and zero-hours contracts has brought about significant changes in the workplace. These changes have challenged traditional HRM practices and have led to the emergence of new approaches and strategies to address the needs of workers and organizations. One of the key challenges facing HRM is the need to balance the interests of workers and managers. In the past, HRM was primarily focused on managing the interests of employers, but with the increasing importance of worker empowerment and voice, HRM must shift its focus to include the perspectives of workers. This requires HRM professionals to develop new skills and competencies, such as empathy, communication, and collaboration, to engage with workers and build trust. Another challenge facing HRM is the impact of digital technologies on the workplace. The rise.

Weight: 808g
Dimension: 170 x 245 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529213805