Fully up‎-to‎-date revised edition with new exciting real‎-world features including video interviews with HR managers‎.‎ In the words of video interviewees for Human Resource Management fifth edition‎:‎ ‎'‎The HR strategy absolutely underpins the business strategy‎'‎ ‎- Lesley White‎,‎ HR Director UK and Ireland‎,‎ Huawei Technologies ‎'‎Organisations provide a differential through their people‎'‎ ‎- Keith Hanlon‎-Smith‎,‎ Employee Relations Director‎,‎ Norland Managed Services This new edition of Human Resource Management‎:‎ Theory and Practice combines comprehensive text and web material to help you understand the context of the rapidly changing contemporary workplace and the importance of HRM within it‎.‎ The authors challenge you to think critically and to apply this to the real world of business‎.‎ Key features include‎:‎ * Two new chapters on Leadership and management development‎,‎ and Organisational culture and HRM * HRM and Globalization ‎- sections analysing HRM on an international scale and the challenges of managing people across borders * A focus on contemporary themes such as sustainability‎,‎ dignity at work‎,‎ diversity and emotion * HRM as I see it ‎- online video interviews with HR managers at organisations such as Sky‎,‎ Bupa and Unite the Union‎,‎ with accompanying questions in the textbook * HRM in Practice sections and Case Studies ‎- demonstrate HRM at work in the real world and encourage you to be analytical about practical issues * Online multi‎-choice questions and skills development guide ‎- aid your understanding and help you get to grips with writing reports and giving presentations‎.‎ Visit www‎.‎palgrave‎.‎com/business/bratton5 for comprehensive supporting materials for lecturers and students‎,‎ including all‎-new video interviews with HR professionals‎.‎