What to read after Reinventing Human Resource Management?

How do peak-performing organizations develop and nurture talent? * What human resource management practices characterize effective organization? * Why are human resource management practices becoming more critical for success in the new world of work? Organizational researchers have, during the past decade, consistently shown relationships between a range of strategic human resource management practices and organizational effectiveness. However, in spite of this evidence, few firms attempt to introduce these practices by changing their organizational cultures. This volume reviews the latest thinking and research evidence, and the reasons why it is not being applied in the workplace. It makes the case that human resources has become the only competitive advantage an organisation has that cannot be easily copied. The authors in this text review the most current thinking on HR initiatives associated with current organizational performance and investigate how the field will need to mobilize in new ways to meet the demand of this period of time