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Provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the range of marine resource management issues. Identifies Australian domestic and international law boundaries and zones of maritime jurisdiction. Explains the legal framework of rights and obligations for the conduct of activities in each legal zone -- Back cover

"For undergraduate courses in Human Resources Management. The most student accessible HRM text on the market! There is no greater asset to a company than its employees—which is why Human Resource Management shows readers how to maximize a firm's potential through identifying and keeping an ideal workforce."

Combining Theory & Practice: A Modern Guide to Human Resources Human Resource Management addresses the study of HR in a realistic, practical, and stimulating manner. Examples of how HR management is practiced in the real world and the relationship between various HR topics are interwoven throughout the text, giving students a thorough introduction to the field based on sound theoretical concepts and practice. The Fourteenth Edition reveals HR's strategic importance to management and the overall health of an organisation. The text also addresses the ongoing shrinkage of internal HR departments as many companies shift towards HR outsourcing, HR shared service centers, and professional employer organisations. Students should walk away with an appreciation for how the HR profession continues to shed its administrative image and while focusing on mission-oriented activities

Setting the stage -- Human resource management: an overview -- Business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability -- Equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and workforce diversity -- Staffing -- Strategic planning, human resource planning, and job analysis -- Recruitment -- Selection -- Performance management and training -- Performance management and appraisal -- Training and development -- Compensation -- Direct financial compensation (monetary compensation) -- Indirect financial compensation (employee benefits) -- Labor relations, employee relations, safety, and health -- Labor unions and collective bargaining -- Internal employee relations -- Employee safety, health, and wellness -- Operating in a global environment -- Global human resource management

The majority of textbooks on HRM tend to focus on the administrative side of the subject and fail to examine its strategic importance. This book is intended to redress the balance and, taking strategy as its starting point, it looks at the overall roleof HRM in the organization. The author explores strategic human resource management through chapters on managing change in strategy, structure, and culture; the role of human resource planning, and types of employment system. He also reviews some of the key issues in managing different employee groups. These themes are problem- and issue- focused

It is well written and students find a clarity that is missing from some other texts. It is balanced and avoids the mistake of accepting wholesale underlying assumptions about the employment relationship that some HRM books do Dr Alan Roe, Leeds University Business School Praised for its comprehensive scope of topics, coverage of important HRM issues and succinctness, Human Resource Management helps those aspiring to or working in HR or management roles. This eleventh edition has been thoroughly updated with the economic, social and legal employment practice changes and is specifically designed to cover the issues and debates facing HRM today, backed up by academic research. Main updates are: · New content on productivity and its impact on workplaces in Britain in a post-Brexit environment, including new material on job quality and productivity · The causes and implications of presenteeism and Leaveism · Content on the UK's ever-changing qualifications/training (much changed from last edition · New chapter on HR in small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) · New chapter on the future of work · Gig economy, Brexit and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Key pedagogic features include: · Theory into Practice and Putting it into Practice at the end of chapters enable readers to review, link and apply their understanding of the chapter to a practical business scenario · Window on Practice provides illustrative material throughout the text, including examples of real company practice, survey results, anecdotes and quotations, and court cases · Discussion boxes are two or three short questions intended for general discussion in a tutorial or study group to encourage critical thinking and understanding · Activities and exercises throughout to encourage students to engage with their learning · Employability skills chapters cover basic skills to learn by practise. Additional resources such as multiple choice tests and a glossary are available for students at go.pearson.com/uk/he/resources. Human Resource Management is a great introduction to human resources for students studying on undergraduate business and management courses, as well as those on CIPD accredited courses. About the authors Written by a close-knit team, who share each other's writing as it proceeds according to an agreed structure. All have great experience of teaching and examining HR at undergraduate, post graduate and professional level; thorough and deep research portfolios and CIPD membership Derek Torrington is Emeritus Professor of Management at the University of Manchester, Chartered Companion CIPD and previous Chief Examiner Laura Hall is now a freelance academic and has carried out work for a wide range of bodies, including the CIPD. Stephen Taylor is a senior lecturer in HRM at the University of Exeter Business School, and a Chief Examiner for the CIPD. Carol Atkinson is Professor of HRM, and Associate Dean for Research at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, and a member of the CIPD Manchester Branch Committee

"Family Resource Management addresses management of resources from a family systems perspective and focuses on the impact that decisions have on the family unit and not just on the individual that makes the decision. Authors Tami James Moore and Sylvia M . Asay use their academic research, practical experiences, and active teaching knowledge to help guide students through Family Resource Management, and provide them with the most current, accurate, and dynamic information available to future professionals in the field of family services. Written conversationally and organized with the 5-Step Decision-Making Model (DMM) employed by helping professionals, Family Resource Management includes sections as follows: the study of FRM; understanding family needs; understanding resources necessary to family maintenance; making necessary choices to meet needs; and Implementation and post-implementation assessment of those choices. This 4th edition builds on the structure of prior editions and is enhanced with cutting edge research, analysis of social changes, economic shifts, and the emerging "new normal" as the world recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. Scenarios and case families within are used to illustrate points in the text have been purposefully evaluated to be inclusive, and examples used to explain family situations are a blend of positive and negative to maintain objectivity in application"--