- Provides a thorough grounding in all the core areas of HR including recruitment and selection, performance management, reward management and L&D
- Includes a dedicated chapter on personal effectiveness to provide students with the skills they need to progress in a career in HR such as influence, resilience, empathy and handling difficult conversations
- Covers wider business topics including change management, organisational context and communication technology to ensure that students have a broad understanding of the business environment
- Includes reflective practice activities to encourage students to think critically about the content and self-test their learning progress as well as explore further boxes to help students read more widely and explore the content more deeply.
- New to this edition: Fully aligned to the new CIPD Level 3 qualification including additional information on job design, people analytics and employee mental health
- Online resources: instructor's manual, lecture slides and annotated web links
Human Resource Practice
Gain the essential knowledge and develop the practical skills needed for a successful career in HR.
Key features at a glance
Imprint: CIPD - Kogan Page
EAN: 9781789665765
Edition: 8
Published:
Format: 245x190
416 pages
About the book
Human Resource Practice is a practical and accessible guide for students and anyone looking to gain a thorough understanding of HR and is the definitive text for the CIPD's Level 3 Foundation Certificate in HR Practice.
This book covers all the core areas of HR including recruitment and selection, performance management, reward and learning and development (L&D). It also provides students with the broader coverage of the business environment that they need to succeed including topics such as change management, organisational context and the legal background to employment.
This fully updated 8th edition of Human Resource Practice now includes new coverage of the changing nature and demographic of the workforce, the continuing impact of technology and new developments that may be used. There is also coverage of the importance of data and people analytics to HR as well as an enhanced final chapter which includes additional material on working in a team, influencing skills and the importance of empathy, resilience and emotional intelligence. Reflective activities, case studies and explore further boxes throughout encourage students to think critically about the content and understand how it applies in practice in the workplace. Online resources include an instructor's manual, lecture slides and annotated web links.
About the authors
Fiona Whiting is a freelance HR and organisational development consultant with over 20 years' experience as an HR practitioner. She has held a number of executive board-level positions and has worked predominantly with the NHS, local authorities and academic institutions as well as in a variety of private sector organisations. Fiona Whiting is also the co-founder and director of The People Effect List.
Malcolm Martin BSc, Chartered FCIPD has been involved in the design and delivery of CIPD programmes since 1993. His experience covers a range of sectors from care, education and manufacturing, to polymers, chemicals and steel, and he has held management positions in industrial relations, project management and human resources.
This book is my trusted 'go-to' text. Including new topics such as the UK leaving the EU, 'good work' and the gender pay gap, I am confident that this new edition will become the students' main focus for learning about HR and producing written CIPD assignments.
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