Strategy and Human Resource Management (Management, Work & Organisations) [Paperback]

Peter Boxall (Author), John Purcell (Author), Gibson Burrell (Editor), Paul Thompson (Editor), Mick Marchington (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 140399210X | ISBN-13: 978-1403992109 | Publication Date: January 22, 2008 | Edition: 2

This new edition provides a critical yet accessible account of the strategic role of human resource management within organizations. Building upon the success of the first edition, this edition contains new chapters on culture and values in HRM in addition to expanding coverage of individual performance and development. Updated to include the latest research and development, it continues to challenge students to critically assess the role and contribution of human resource to organizations.

 

Companion Website: http://www.palgrave.com/business/boxallandpurcell/

Editorial Reviews

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'This excellent book provides students and practitioners with an invaluable primer on what strategic human resource management is, why it's important, and what to look for when applying it. Perhaps most importantly, Strategy and Human Resource Management explains why managers need to formulate human resource management policies and practices within the framework of the firm's strategic plans.'
- Dr Gary Dessler, Founding Professor, College of Business, Florida International University, UK

 

'Peter Boxall and John Purcell have written a book that represents scholarship at its best. It does a masterful job of mapping the field of strategic HRM and explaining its role in organization success. Their book takes the research and practice literatures, integrates them, and crafts them into a work that is informative, engaging and relevant for anyone with an interest in strategic HRM.'
-          Professor Barry Gerhart, Director, Program in Strategic HRM, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
 
"Boxall and Purcell do an unparalleled job of integrating strategy and human resource management, and do so in a way that is grounded in the broad empirical literatures crossing these two fields. They present and synthesize vast amounts of research to present a cogent and up to date analysis of the field of strategic HRM."
- Patrick Wright, Professor and Director, CAHRS, Cornell University, USA

About the Author

PETER BOXALL is a Professor of Human Resource Management and the Head of the Department of Management and Employment Relations at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is an Associate Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources and a member of the International Advisory Board of Human Resource Management Journal.

JOHN PURCELL is the Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Bath. He is editor of the Human Resource Management Journal and a Deputy Chairman of the Central Arbitration Committee.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2 edition (January 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140399210X
• ISBN-13: 978-1403992109
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #716,400 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.