This interesting text covers important issues in HRM and demonstrates how HRM connects with wider management. The chapters will give students not only a good understanding of HRM but also help them to understand how they relate to other areas of management and management practices.

Aditya Kailash Jain, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management, Nottingham University Business School, UK

This insightful textbook is written around the four key dimensions of HRM: strategic, organizational, instrumental, and people. It provides a clear overarching framework for the different roles and functions that HRM and HRD specialists, line managers and all other stakeholders deal with in the workplace. A 'must have' book that is illustrated with real-life examples and review questions that prepare students for future challenges in the field of HRM.

Beatrice I.J.M. van der Heijden, Professor of Strategic HRM, Radboud University, the Netherlands

[This textbook is] well written, offering a comprehensive and detailed discussion about the four major roles or dimensions that HR managers and departments can play to add value to their organization. [It is] perfect for students who are completing a master's degree in HRM. It is not often that a substantive book such as this is produced.

Beverley McNally, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia