Strategy and Human Resource Management [Paperback]

Peter Boxall (Author), John Purcell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0333778200 | ISBN-13: 978-0333778203 | Publication Date: November 15, 2002

How is human resource management (HRM) strategic to a firm's viability and how might it help to lay a basis for sustained competitive advantage? How can managers pursue their goals for labour productivity and organisational flexibility in socially acceptable ways? This book explores such pressing questions. The authors develop an innovative conceptual framework to provide a stimulating exploration of the growing field of Strategic HRM. This text is essential reading for MBA students and advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of HRM. It is also an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the role of HRM in business success.

Editorial Reviews

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Boxall and Purcell truly succeed in merging the fields of strategic management and human resources in this book. This is must reading for those interested in the next generations of HR scholarship.
-Professor Scott Snell, Cornell University

This is exactly the 'Strategic Human Resource Management' I hope the next generation of students and managers learn and practice. Boxall and Purcell provide a solid analysis of current theory and practice and challenge HR professionals to build employment relationships that will contribute to effective and sustainable organizations. These are the expectations HR needs to meet and this text provides the tools needed to do so.
-Professor Thomas A. Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management

About the Author

Peter Boxall is Professor of Human Resource Management at the School of Management, University of Bath. John Purcell is at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (November 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0333778200
• ISBN-13: 978-0333778203
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,746,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MIGHTY !!!, October 23, 2003

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Nicola Perucconi (Milano, Milano Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strategy and Human Resource Management (Paperback)

After reading that book,I said wow.Strong,clear and open minded!Everybody speaking about strategic HRM but neither one able to explain what it is.Well Boxall in my opinione found the right approach to the problem,exiting from the best practices' jungle.A whole book full of strategic insights about HRM,dealing with the main aspects of emploiment relationships.People from one side, the organization on the other an the HR function trying to find out the way to keep them togheter toward the strategic objectives:that's the main theme of the book that passing through a lot of interesting problems opens a lot of door and questions on the field of HR,but really never closing any solution or excluding you to reflect about the matter. I should define it exciting.
Really good value.

4.0 out of 5 stars Honours programme text, May 19, 2009

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M. C. Lange "Clare Lange" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strategy and Human Resource Management (Management, Work & Organisations) (Paperback)

This new edition of the classic Bloxall text does not disappoint. I'll be using it for my class of Honours (4th year) students and expect it to provide a basis for lively disucssion. It's not the most entertaining book to read, but substance wins out over "bells-and-whistles" at this level of scholrship.