The second edition of this popular volume provides management students and senior practitioners with a completely new and updated guide to the latest work in the field. This selection of important and highly readable articles from authors around the world charts key developments that have changed the theory and practice of SHRM over the last six years.
- Covers issues of globalization and knowledge management, and their effect on the field of HRM and SHRM.
- Includes more articles that discuss international aspects of HRM and SHRM and that demonstrate the use of HRM and SHRM for global competitive advantage.
- Explores and highlights the new reality of knowledge management and its implications for HRM and SHRM.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
List of Contributors xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
Part I Overview of SHRM 5
1 Looking Inside for Competitive Advantage 9
Jay B. Barney
2 Understanding Human Resource Management in the Context of Organizations and Their Environments 23
Susan E. Jackson and Randall S. Schuler
3 Implications of the Converging Economy for Human Resource Management 49
Suzanne Zivnuska, David J. Ketchen, Jr., and Charles C. Snow
4 Human Resources and the Resource-Based View of the Firm 76
Patrick M. Wright, Benjamin B. Dunford, and Scott A. Snell
5 The Complex Resource-Based View: Implications for Theory and Practice in Strategic Human Resource Management 98
Barry A. Colbert
6 Alignment of HR Strategies and the Impact on Business Performance 124
Dave Ulrich
Part II Global Dimensions 139
7 Converting Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage 143
Anil K. Gupta and Vijay Govindarajan
8 Human Resource Strategy in International Context 162
Paul R. Sparrow and Werner Braun
9 Reframing Global Mindset: From Thinking to Acting 200
Vladimir Pucik
10 A Quarter-Century Review of Human Resource Management in the US: The Growth in Importance of the International Perspective 214
Randall S. Schuler and Susan E. Jackson
11 European Human Resource Management: Researching Developments over Time 241
Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Chris Brewster
12 HRM in China 270
Fang Lee Cooke
13 HRM in India 287
Debi S. Saini and Pawan S. Budhwar
Part III Strategy into Action 313
14 HR Strategy and Competitive Advantage in the Service Sector 317
Peter Boxall
15 Managing the Human Resource Architecture for Knowledge-Based Competition 333
David P. Lepak and Scott A. Snell
16 New HR Metrics: Scoring on the Business Scorecard 352
Richard W. Beatty, Mark A. Huselid, and Craig Eric Schneier
17 Strategies for Responsible Restructuring 366
Wayne F. Cascio
Part IV Role of the HR Department and HR Professionals 385
18 The Three-Dimensional People Strategy: Putting Human Resources Policies into Action 389
Lynda Gratton and Catherine Truss
19 Seeing the Elephant: Human Resource Management Challenges in the Age of Globalization 410
Mark E. Mendenhall, J. Stewart Black, Robert J. Jensen, and Hal B. Gregersen
20 The Changing Role of the Corporate HR Function in Global Organizations of the Twenty-First Century 425
Milorad M. Novicevic and Michael Harvey
21 People Processing Systems and Human Resource Strategy 445
Shaun Tyson and Doone Selbie
Conclusion 455
22 Strategic Human Resource Management: A Look to the Future 457
David P. Lepak
Index 467
