Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management

This book contains 26 entirely new cases from a wide range of sectors and countries. Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management vividly captures the crucial contemporary issues and trends in HR and strategic change management.
Each case is a product of in–depth research by a leading authority in the relevant topic area. Taken alongside the accompanying analyses and lists of further readings, the cases offer real life illustrations of modern theory and practice. Each case also includes pertinent questions for students which facilitate engagement with the issues raised. A tutor′s manual is available which gives answers to the questions set.
The cases are drawn from Australia, India, the US, the UK, Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark.
The topic coverage is also wide. In addition to coverage of all of the core areas of resourcing, developing, equal opportunities, industrial relations, and other staples, there are lively and accessible treatments of process engineering, mergers and acquisitions, novel ways of limiting the need for redundancies and, unusually, insight into how managers can learn to enact strategic change.
This collection is as much about the management of change as it is about the management of human resources. The prominence of both sets of issues in this new collection of cases itself sharply reflects the realities of the contemporary work scene.
This is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students of HRM and change management.

Spis treści:
Preface and Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Part I: Business Strategy and Human Resources:.
1. Global Products and Contract Catering Acquisitions: Nancy Hubbard (University of Oxford).
2. BMW: Christian Scholtz (Universitat des Saarlandes).
Part II: The Management of Change:.
3. Transitions and Transformations: Doug A. Stace (University of New South Wales).
4. ChocCo: Nicholas Bacon a nd John Storey (Loughborough University Business School and the Open University).
5. Oticon: Henrink Holt Larsen (Copenhagen Business School).
6. Volkswagen: Petra Garnjost and Klaus Blettner (Both are at the University of Trier).
7. The Danish Patent Office: Henrink Holt Larsen (Copenhagen Business School).
8. Saarland Steel: Klaus–Peter Otto and Harmut Wachter (Both are at the University of Trier).
9. American Medical Technologies Inc: Michael Beer (Harvard University).
Part III: Key Practical Areas:.
10. Optus: David E. Simmons, Mark A. Shadur and Greg J. Bamber (All are at Queensland University of Technology).
11. Manuflex plc: Linda Dickens (Warwick Business School).
12. Three Roads to Quality: Adrian Wilkinson (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology).
13. Next Patient Please: David Buchanan and Bob Wilson (Leicester De Montfort University).
14. The Ministry of Education: Henrink Holt Larsen (Copenhagen Business School).
15. British Rail: Paul Edwards and Colin Whitston (Warwick Business School and University of Keele).
16. LeisureCo: Peter Ackers (Loughborough University Business School).
17. Royal Mail: Nicholas Bacon and John Storey (Loughborough University Business School and the Open University Business School).
18. COCO, CECO and DECO: Ian McLoughlin (Brunel University).
19. Metropol: Nicholas Bacon and John Storey (Loughborough University Business School and the Open University Business School).
20. Richer Sounds: Adrian Wilkinson, Tom Redman and Ed Snape (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Teesside Business School, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University).
21. Unilever: Nicholas Bacon and John Storey (Loughborough University Business School and the Open University Business School).
22. Superco: Mick Marchington (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology).
Part IV: International Management:.
23. FMS at Dies el Engines plc: Harry Boer (University of Twente).
24. ABB: Christian Berggren (Swedish Institute for Work Life Research).
25. Indian Snacks: Graeme Salaman (The Open University).
26. Food and Drink International: Hugh Scullion (University of Newcastle upon Tyne).

Nota biograficzna:
John Storey is Professor of Human Resource Management at the Open University Business School, UK.

Okładka tylna:
This book contains 26 entirely new cases from a wide range of sectors and countries. Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management vividly captures the crucial contemporary issues and trends in HR and strategic change management.
Each case is a product of in–depth research by a leading authority in the relevant topic area. Taken alongside the accompanying analyses and lists of further readings, the cases offer real life illustrations of modern theory and practice. Each case also includes pertinent questions for students which facilitate engagement with the issues raised. A tutor′s manual is available which gives answers to the questions set.
The cases are drawn from Australia, India, the US, the UK, Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark.
The topic coverage is also wide. In addition to coverage of all of the core areas of resourcing, developing, equal opportunities, industrial relations, and other staples, there are lively and accessible treatments of process engineering, mergers and acquisitions, novel ways of limiting the need for redundancies and, unusually, insight into how managers can learn to enact strategic change.
This collection is as much about the management of change as it is about the management of human resources. The prominence of both sets of issues in this new collection of cases itself sharply reflects the realities of the contemporary work scene.
This is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students of HRM and change management.