Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy

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What difference can the aspiring HR strategist really make to business value? In the new and extensively updated edition of her ground-breaking book, Linda Holbeche answers this question and provides the tools and insights to help HR managers and directors add value to the organization by implementing effective HR initiatives that are aligned to core business strategies. This edition includes new chapters, fresh case questions, specific sector ‘twists’ like healthcare, the university sector, travel and tourism, alongside a greater mix of international case studies. Taking a more analytical approach than previous works, Holbeche discusses and explores a number of contemporary academic debates. Learn how you can strengthen and prove the relationship between people strategy and business success through your approach to performance and development and impress at the highest levels with this new edition of an HR classic. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgements Part I: The need for strategic human resources 1 Strategic HRM theory 2 The evolution of the HR function 3 The changing context for SHRM 4 A strategic agenda for HR 5 HR in the digital age 6 Crafting HR strategy Part II: Strategies for talent 7 Workforce planning and recruitment strategies 8 Employee engagement and well-being 9 Managing and rewarding for high performance 10 Strategies for developing people 11 Supporting flexible career development 12 High flyers and succession planning 13 Global HRM Part III: Building strategic change capability 14 Transforming organisations by design 15 Bringing about culture change 16 Designing sustainably agile and resilient organisations 17 Learning across boundaries 18 Conclusion Index