Human Resource Management in Australia, 2nd Edition

Human resource management is now more important than ever, as organisations grapple with complex economic conditions, rapid technological advancement and a changing social landscape in the twenty-first century.Human Resource Management in Australia provides a clear and accessible introduction to the contexts within which human resource management operates. This book covers all of the key functions of attraction, maintaining, and developing human resources including recruitment and selection, training, development and career management and human resources information systems and HR metrics. It also offers an in-depth examination of contemporary issues essential to the management of human resources. The second edition has been comprehensively updated with the latest legislation and includes contemporary and engaging examples of human resources in practice in Australia. New to this edition Significantly restructured and revised including:New chapter on ‘Health, Safety and Employee Wellbeing’Additional coverage of training to chapter 9  ‘Human Resource Training, Development and Career Management’All chapters have been expanded with more detail and provide greater depthNew cases included at the end of each partOxford Ascend Student Resources to support learning and development Look inside the Human Resource Management in Australia Oxford Ascend student resources:

Pieter Nel Professor Department of Management and Marketing, Unitec Institute of TechnologyMike Fazey Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management, The University of Notre DameBruce Millett Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Management and Enterprise, University of Southern QueenslandAndries du Plessis Senior Lecturer, Department of Management and Marketing, Unitec Institute of TechnologyRussell Wordsworth Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship (Human Resource Management), University of CanterburyBruce Hearn Mackinnon Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law (Human Resource Management), Deakin UniversityYuliani Suseno - Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law and a member of the Centre for Innovative Practice, Edith Cowan University

Human resource management is now more important than ever, as organisations grapple with complex economic conditions, rapid technological advancement and a changing social landscape in the twenty-first century. Human Resource Management in Australia provides a clear and accessible introduction to the contexts within which human resource management operates. This book covers all of the key functions of attraction, maintaining, and developing human resourcesincluding recruitment and selection, training, development and career management and human resources information systems and HR metrics. It also offers an in-depth examination of contemporary issues essential to the management of human resources. The second edition has been comprehensively updated with thelatest legislation and includes contemporary and engaging examples of human resources in practice in Australia.

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