... is less immediately relevant for the mainstream of personnel practitioners, who may not have the influence to shape how top teams in their organization are assembled. Chapter 3, on “Managerial career advancement”, by Phyllis Tharenou is very well structured, with a figure summarising the main...

... and Practitioners . Chichester : Wiley   2001 . 338 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 0‐471‐49558‐3   £24.95 © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Psychology Organizational effectiveness Personnel Human resource management Both these books contain ten chapters covering a range of topics relating to managing...

... 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...

...Kevin Morrell G.   Dessler . Human Resource Management, 8th edition . Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice‐Hall   2000 . 699 pp. (hbk) , ISBN: 0‐13‐0141240   £31.99 © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Human resource management Personnel Performance Strategy...

...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...

..., reliable, sensitive and practical. Tyson (1995) presented three models to analyse HRM, all of which relate to the activities and practices carried out by the HRM/personnel department(p. 21). It does not matter if we explore descriptive model or normative model ‐ in both cases we can refer to the HRM...

...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...

... together person,context and selection. Presents an outline of an expert system which assists the specification process. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Artificial intelligence Expert systems Job descriptions Personnel Recruitment Selection Personnel Review 22,7 54 The Person Specification...

... strategy Outplacement Personnel Redundancy Surveys A Positive Policy? Corporate Perspectives on Redundancy and Outplacement Noeleen Doherty, Shaun Tyson and Claire Viney Cranfield School of Management, UK A Positive Policy? 45 Downsizing, Rightsizing, Redundancy and Lay-offs The UK is in the most...

... 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...

... 1990 Selection Personnel Assessment centres Organizational design RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ASSESSMENT CENTRE THEORY, PRACTICE AND OPERATION 33 C entres can, and have been used, for many other purposes, for example, career planning, self-development, succession planning and organisation...

... Personnel United Kingdom CORPORATE STRATEGY AND CORPORATE CULTURE: THE VIEW FROM THE CHECKOUT 9 C ustomer care is now being taken seriously by most, but not all, supermarket chains. Corporate Strategy and Corporate Culture: The View from the Checkout Emmanuel Ogbonna and Barry Wilkinson In our previous...

... and prescriptions within the wider context of organisational characteristics. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Management development Personnel MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT: A LITERATURE REVIEW 3 A n overall assessment of the management literature. What are the implications for the conduct of future research...

...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...

... of these stages involves a series of interesting tasks, that can be either facilitated or hindered by a range of organisational supports or constraints. The management of stress is of major importance to all management functions – not only personnel – in the light of its heavy potential costs. REDUCING THE COST...