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Managing human resources in Asia-Pacific, edited by Arup Varma & Pawan S. Budhwar

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Managing human resources in Asia-Pacific

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edited by Arup Varma & Pawan S. Budhwar

Global human resource management, 20

Given the enormous economic and developmental changes being experienced by nations in the Asia-Pacific region, and the related movement of people between and across countries, it is critical that we better understand the HRM policies and practices of these nations. The latest instalment in the Global HRM series, Managing Human Resources in Asia-Pacific (2E) presents the HRM situations in a number of South-East Asian and Pacific Rim countries, highlighting the growth of the personnel and HR function, the dominant HRM system(s) in the area, the influence of different factors on HRM, an

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedications; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; 1. Managing Human Resources in Asia-Pacific: An Introduction; The Asia-Pacific Context; Developments in Asia-Pacific HRM; Framework Adopted to Develop Country-Specific Chapters; Plan of the Book; References; 2. Human Resource Management in China; Introduction; Historical Development of Personnel/Human Resource Management; Key Factors and Actors Shaping HRM Policies and Practices; The Role of the State; Trade Unions; Employment AgenciesHR Consultancy Firms and Outsourcing ProvidersThe Role of Societal Culture; The Influence of Demographics on HRM Outcome; The Role of HRM and the HR Function; Towards a Strategic Approach to HRM; The Role of the HR Function; Key Challenges Facing HRM; Skill Shortages and Talent Retention; Training and Development; Performance Management and Rewards; Professionalising the HR Function; Conclusions; Useful Websites; Acknowledgements; References; 3. Human Resource Management in South Korea; Introduction; Historical Development of HRM; Partnership in HRM; HRM Practices: Key Determinants and ReviewInfluences on HRMHistorical and Political Background; Cultural; Economic Environment; Capital -- The chaebol; Labour; Globalisation; Review of HRM Practices; Employee Resourcing; Employee Rewards; Employee Development; Employee Relations; Changes Taking Place within the HR Function; Key Challenges Facing HRM; What is Likely to Happen to HR Functions?; Useful Sources; Notes; References; 4. Human Resource Management in Japan; Introduction; Historical Development in Human Resource Development; Stable Corporate Governance and Industrial Relations; Dynamics of the Internal Labor MarketBroad-based Performance Evaluation and RewardJapanese-style Flexicurity: Balance of Power, Culture and Rationality; Key Factors Determining HRM Practices and Policies; Macroeconomic and Business Changes; Shift Toward Performance-driven HRM; Remaining Importance of the Labor Market Logic; Toward a New Legal Basis of Flexicurity; Keeping and Creating Competitive Advantages in a Globalized World; Changes in Knowledge Management; Evolution of Corporate Culture: Toward a Clash of Values; Relative Decline of the Union Pillar; Key Challenges facing HRM; Adoption of Diversity ManagementNecessary Reconsideration of Career PatternsNew Basis for Management Legitimacy; Coping with an Ageing Society; Integration of the Atypical Workers; Clash of Work Values in a Westernized HRM System; Role and Importance of Business-HR Partnership; Key Changes in the HR Function; A Response to Career Individualization; Needs for More Sophisticated Service-Related Expertise; Changes in the Following Five Years; Responses to the Diversification of Career Patterns; Adaptation of Performance-Based Systems to the Japanese Context; The Need for Cross-Cultural Skills; Talent Management; Conclusion