Strategic People Management and Development

Theory and Practice

Gary Rees, Ray French, Gary Rees, Raymond French

• Publisher: CIPD - Kogan Page
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781398607613
• Edition: 6
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

Strategic People Management and Development maps to the CIPD Level 7 module 'People Management and Development strategies for performance'. It focuses on the need for evidence-based and outcome-driven practice in the people profession and explains how HR and Learning and Development (L&D) professionals can create value and drive performance in an organisation. It provides a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of how to lead and manage employees and effectively develop a workforce as well as extensive coverage of how to ensure professionalism and ethical behaviour in the people function. This book also includes discussion of organisation development and how high-performance work practices drive positive organisational and employee outcomes. This book also includes practical advice on key HR activities including recruitment, job design, and reward. Fully updated throughout, this book includes case studies to help students see how the theory applies in practice, reflective practice activities to help them think critically about the content and self-test their learning progress as well as 'explore further' boxes to encourage wider reading. Online resources include an instructor's manual, lecture slides, and sample essay questions.

Table of contents

• List of figures and tables
• About the editors
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Walkthrough of textbook features
• Online resources
• Part One Strategic people management and development
• 01 Introduction
• Part Two People management and the strategic context
• 02 The scope and nature of people management
• 03 People management: strategy, culture and values
• 04 HRM contributions in different settings
• 05 Professional and ethical people practice
• Part Three Strategic people management and development effectiveness
• 06 Recruitment and selection
• 07 Talent management and developing employees for performance
• 08 Engagement, wellbeing and inclusion
• 09 Managing the employment relationship
• 10 Performance and reward: a strategic approach
• 11 Organisational design and effective working practices
• 12 Organisational development and change
• Part Four Conclusion
• 13 Summary themes and future trends
• Bibliography
• Index