Updated edition of this highly successful textbook, which draws on current Irish research and data while also incorporating international key developments.

• New to this edition:
  • Reviews current trends and issues in:
    
    
    • Employee recruitment and selection
    • Employee development incorporating recent Irish research evidence
      
      
  • Examines recent developments in the Irish and global economy, particularly the impact of the global recession and the implications for workforce management
    
    
  • Evaluates developments in the Irish labour market and the implications for HRM
    
    
• Provides a detailed critical evaluation of 'best practice' human resource management
  
  
• Critically reviews reward management and performance management systems, including evidence of practice in many Irish organisations
  
  
• Includes an up-to-date analysis of developments in Irish employment relations, incorporating 'right to bargain' legislation, recent key trends in trade union recognition and avoidance, and the growth in non-union employment relations
  
  
• Presents an up-to-date review of employment law in Ireland

WRITTEN FOR:

• Students taking Human Resource Management as part of a Business Studies degree programme
• Postgraduate courses where human resource management is a component
• All CIPD courses where human resource management is a focus