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AdvancedqualificationAdvancedqualificationHuman ResourceManagement inContextStrategy, Insights andSolutions3rd editionDavid FarnhamHuman ResourceManagement in aBusiness ContextJohn Kew and John StredwickOrder your inspection copy online at cipd.co.uk/tutorproducts Call 0844 800 3366ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,ORGANISATIONS AND MANAGEMENT1. Human Resource Management and its ExternalContexts2. Contemporary Organisations and their Internal Contexts3. The Managerial and Business Contexts of OrganisationsPART 2: STRATEGY FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION4. Developing Corporate Strategies5. Developing Human Resource StrategiesPART 3: THE EXTERNAL CONTEXTS OF HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT6. Markets and the Competitive Context7. Globalisation and International Factors8. Demographic and Social Trends9. The Technological Context10. Government Policy and Legal RegulationThis textbook maps directly onto the new CIPD postgraduatemodule Human Resource Management in Context.• Written by David Farnham, one of the CIPD’s Chief Examinersand the author of the new Human Resource Management inContext module• Written in a student-centred way, balancing factual materialwith practical analysis.New to this edition• New chapter on contemporary organisations and their internalcontexts• New chapter on managerial and business contexts• Two chapters instead of one on strategies: one ondeveloping corporate strategies and one on developing HRstrategies• HR strategy and solutions added to each chapter.Online resourcesFor tutors• PowerPoint slides• Lecturer’s Guide• Answers/guidance for the chapter activities• Additional case studies‘The book is very closely mapped to the Human ResourceManagement in Context module and fits well with my plans forteaching this module.’ Samantha Lynch, Kent Business SchoolA note from the author‘You will find this textbook particularly useful because it drawson the CIPD’s HR Profession Map and illustrates how the HRfunction has changed in recent years, and why. A main objectiveis to put current HR practices in their managerial, organisationaland external contexts, showing how they shape the present HRagenda.’ David FarnhamDavid Farnham is Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations atthe Portsmouth Business School.Contents1. Human Resource Management in Context2. The Managerial Context of Human Resources3. The Competitive Environment4. Government Policy5. Regulation6. The World Economy7. Demographic and Social Trends8. Technology9. Ethics, Social Responsibility and Sustainability10. Strategic Management11. Integrative Case StudiesThis textbook has been written for the new CIPD postgraduatemodule Human Resource Management in Context.• Written by John Kew and John Stredwick, the well-respectedauthors of Business Environment• Written for students with little or no prior knowledge of thesubject area• Includes 95 case studies covering issues such as the FranceTelecom crisis and the MPs’ expenses scandal• Includes 78 activities to enable students to draw on theirown experiences and apply different theories• The final chapter applies the book’s themes to offer a seriesof activities based on the National Health Service• Covers business ethics and corporate social responsibility indetail.New to this edition• New chapter on the managerial context of human resources• Greater emphasis in each chapter on the impact of HRMstrategy and practices on the business• International examples in each chapter and 28 internationalcase studies.Online resourcesFor tutors• PowerPoint slides• Lecturer’s Guide• Additional case studies‘Excellent variety of types of case study both in context and inlength which support tutors who wish to use some for briefexercises and discussions and others for more extensiveactivities.’ Susan Greener, University of Brighton Business School‘The case studies’ variety, depth and relevance are one of thereal strengths of the work…The cases here are very differentand deal with issues that are often not covered in a book ofthis nature.’ Adrian Murton, London Metropolitan Business SchoolJohn Kew is an educational consultant and has written on thesubject of flexible learning material for the CIPD.John Stredwick has recently retired from his academic career atBedfordshire University. He remains a major writing contributorto the CIPD Flexible Learning project with a specialism in RewardManagement.12ISBN: 978 1 84398 259 3 Pub Date: August 2010Pages: 400 PaperbackPrice: £41.99 Student Price: £33.59Suitable for the Human Resource Management in Context moduleISBN: 978 1 84398 252 4 Pub Date: July 2010Pages: 624 PaperbackPrice: £41.99 Student Price: £33.59Suitable for the Human Resource Management in Context module