Features

Written for the New Zealand Business Environment

Find out about the HR challenges facing the Royal New Zealand Navy, or the HR strategies and policies implemented at AMP Henderson New Zealand, or the way in which climate surveys are used at Auckland City Council. The text explicitly contextualises HR practices within the small to medium-sized enterprises that characterise New Zealand's business sector, and highlights HRM ideas, legislation and practices that are specific to the region.

Strategic and Critical Approach

The text goes beyond the rhetoric of Strategic HRM by showing that 'being strategic' is not just about developing strategy, but by integrating strategy into practice and linking the traditional functional areas of HR practices to strategic business outcomes. It discusses human resource management in relation to the aims, resources and strategies of the organisation, and emphasises its critical contribution to the achievement of organisational goals.
Areas of contention within HR are appraised critically - conflicting evidence and gaps between theory and practice are clearly indicated and discussed.

Balance Between Theory and Practical Examples

The text balances the academic and applied nature of HRM (with strong underpinnings from theoretical and research literature) with practical examples and materials illustrating how HR is actually practiced. Read about the 'employment relations frames of reference' and then draft your own employment agreement; or study diversity strategy and practices and see how this applies to the real-life EEO policy of a local organisation.

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