John Storey

Using original data, Managers in the Making presents a thorough analysis of the processes by which managers are made in Britain and Japan. It provides a detailed comparative study of the careers, training, developmental experience and job demands of managers in eight named companies, matching British firms with Japanese counterparts. Using qualitative and quantitative data the authors offer an understanding of these processes within organizational, sectoral and national contexts. Managers' perceptions, reactions and concerns are recorded and analysed throughout.

Containing 26 entirely new cases from a wide range of countries, Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management vividly captures the crucial contemporary issues and trends in HR and strategic change management. Drawing on in-depth research by leading authorities in the field, each case, accompanied by analyses and lists of further readings, offers real life illustrations of modern theory and practice and includes pertinent discussion questions for students. In addition to all of the 'core' areas of resourcing, developing, IR, and equal opportunities, there is also coverage of process engineering, mergers and acquisitions, ways of limiting the need for redundancies and insight into how managers can learn to enact strategic change. Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of HRM and change management.

Including case studies from both the private and public sectors, this comprehensive and searching review of the changing shape of employment management is an ideal text for business students studying HRM.

New Perspectives on Human Resource Management provides theoretical analysis and hard empirical data, with a series of new and important contributions from leading teachers and researchers in the field. Increased international competition has produced various initiative world-wide for new approaches to management, particularly in the area of human resources management. This new and searching set of interpretations will be of interest to serious practitioners and students alike.