... 2005 --> Industrial psychology Organizations Psychology Personnel Human resource development This book contains ten chapters covering various topics relating to the development of people at work. As the back cover indicates, this is done at three levels: individuals...

... effectiveness Personnel Human resource management Both these books contain ten chapters covering a range of topics relating to managing people at work. Each will be of interest to practitioners, students and researchers. Personnel Psychology and HRM is strongly focused on the processes...

... UP Limited 2003 Line management Personnel Employment law Leave Family‐friendly organizations This paper examines a specific and high profile area (i.e. family leave policies) in order to provide a more detailed examination of line managers’ responsibilities. It also explores how...

...Filip Lievens; Karen van Dam; Neil Anderson The aim of this article is to identify recent developments in personnel selection and to review existing research with regard to these recent developments. To this end, 26 human resource representatives were asked to list current or future trends...

... understanding of key HR functions, and help in drafting personnel documents. There are also brief snippets on “small‐business applications” of HRM ideas, and recurring references to managing diversity (“diversity counts”). Both these themes are highlighted in the contents pages. The layout is, on the whole...

...Ian Cunningham; Jeff Hyman Alternative hypotheses for the personnel function are presented, based on findings from four case study organisations which have devolved personnel responsibilities from a designated personnel department to line managers. The views of line managers and employees...

... correlation with the others, which may indicate the value of the suggested method. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Evaluation High technology Human resource management Personnel Quality The ability of the management of the organization to evaluate the operational and performance quality of its...

...Nicholas J. Kinnie; Alan J. Arthurs A national survey shows that personnel specialists are still failing to exploit fully the benefits of information technology (IT) in their own work. In seeking to explain this, looks at the IT skills and knowledge of personnel specialists and their attitudes...

...Patrick Gunnigle; Sarah Moore Considers the idea of linking decisions on business strategy,product market characteristics and personnel/human resource management policies. Initially explores some theoretical aspects of business strategy‐personnel policy linkages and then considers some empirical...

... a change in corporate values in the 1990s. There appeared to be a move towards normative practices in the management of redundancy and in particular in the use of outplacement as a moderator of the potentially detrimental impact of the redundancy situation. Corporate strategy Outplacement Personnel...

... together person,context and selection. Presents an outline of an expert system which assists the specification process. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Personnel Review 22,7 54 The Person Specification A Problem Masquerading as a Solution? Nigel van Zwanenberg and Larry J. Wilkinson University of Northumbria...

... a macro and a micro level in organizations. With reference to three case studies, considers the implications of configurations to the debate over the differences between human resource management and traditional personnel management. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Human resource management Integration...

...? How is the HRM consultant sourced, selected, managed and evaluated? What is their relationship with in‐house personnel departments? Concludes by considering the implications of the findings for the future role and status of the personnel function and identifies an agenda for further research. Suggests...

...Sue Wheeler; Dawn Lyon Reports on the findings of a research study into organizational responses to employee stress, funded by the Universities Funding Council: 30 interviews, including three pilot interviews, were conducted with personnel representatives of companies in the West Midlands region...

.... Concludes that whilst there is no definite answer to the question of whether there is a Latin model there is evidence for the existence of such a model and its features are outlined. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Human resource management Personnel Models Europe 14 PERSONNEL REVIEW 20,6 D iscusses...

... in the work situation. Examples of simulations include group, in-basket and fact finding exercises.) 34 PERSONNEL REVIEW 1 9 , 6 (2) Multiple assessors must be used. These assessors must receive training prior to participating in a centre. (3) Judgements resulting in an outcome (i.e. recommendation...

... organisation[4]. This means that we are concerned not just with peoples' behaviour, but the meanings, values and assumptions which underlie that behaviour[5]. According 10 PERSONNEL REVIEW 19,4 to Robbins[6] a strong culture is one in which there is a set of guiding values which are widely shared, clearly...

... management education and development interventions or programmes, managers or aspiring managers may be prepared to address the ethical dimensions permeating managerial work. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Personnel Ethics Management development ETHICAL AWARENESS AND PERSONAL MORALITY 13 H ow do...

... carry for future management practice. In the 1980s this branch of literature on "managers as heroes"[8] appears to have flourished[9, 10, 11, 12]. In his book, Kay[9], the City Editor of The 4 PERSONNEL REVIEW 1 9 , 1 Times, profiles such notables as Nigel Broackes and Sir Terence Conran, and seeks...

...David Knights; Carlo Raffo A “critical case” approach is used to examine whether the recruitment practices and procedures advocated by social scientists within the personnel field are realised in practice. The “critical case”selected is the graduate recruitment known as the“milkround”, where...