The book aims to fast-forward the students to the new paradigms of the HRM function while not losing foothold on the enduring, fundamental HR processes of planning, selection, development, and rewards. It attempts to provide a dual perspective of robust frameworks moored in sound theories and the experiential approaches to leverage them.
Those familiar with the first edition will note that there have been substantial changes in the second edition. The book describes the shift in industrial relations and the rise of new employment relations. It balances theories with experiential approaches to facilitate the reader's understanding of the core concepts and frameworks. It presents the current HR practices in global organizations to acquaint readers with various strategic choices and initiatives within HRM. This second edition of the book is a thoroughly revised and updated treatise with complete chapters on new and upcoming topics.
- System orientation: Enables the readers to view HRM practices as part of the business system and the correlation with business outcomes
- Experiential perspective: Extensive collection of cases and exhibits from private and public work environment to enable exploratory and investigative learning
- Robust pedagogy: Over 50 case studies with discussion points, and over 25 exhibits on new HR initiatives and industrywide developments, and analytical exercises for classroom discussion
- Comprehensive Coverage: New and emerging topics, with complete chapters on Career Management, Well-being at Workplace, and Diversity and Inclusion, making it a more complete textbook
Cengage Digital App includes: additional cases, MCQs, solutions manual, videos on difficult / select topics, flashcards, and further readings.
Cluster 1: OLD HR–NEW HR
1. Human Resource Management—An Introduction
2. Human Resource Business Partnership
Cluster 2: PLAN AND ACQUIRE
3. Human Resource Planning
4. Recruitment and Selection
Cluster 3: Develop and Grow
5. Training and Development
6. Competency Management
7. Career Management
Cluster 4: ENGAGE AND PERFORM
8. Employee Engagement
9. Performance Management
Cluster 5: REWARD AND COMPENSATE
10. Compensation and Benefits
11. Compensation for Special Groups
Cluster 6: DECENT WORKPLACE—COMPLIANCE AND DIALOG
12. Industrial Relations
13. Workplace Laws and Regulations
Cluster 7: TRANSFORMATION OF WORK AND WORK RELATIONSHIPS
14. Human Resource Information and Analytics
15. Employment Relations
Cluster 8: HUMAN RESOURCE BLUE OCEAN
16. Human Resource Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
17. Human Resource Management in the Service Sector
Cluster 9: INNOVATE AND TRANSFORM
18. Organization Transformation and the Human Resource Leadership
19. Human Resource Management Innovations
Cluster 10: REIMAGINING HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
20. Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
21. Workplace Wellness
Amitabha Sengupta is a faculty of HRM, Leadership, and Management Consulting at K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, for more than a decade. Prior to that, he also taught at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and Xavier Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai. Before teaching, he worked in organizations in various industrial sectors (steel, jute, liquor, consumer products, battery, petroleum, management consulting, and executive search) where he held leadership roles such as General Manager HR at Mumbai Refinery and VP Management Consulting at CHR Global.
In a career span of around four decades, in the industry and academia, Prof. Sengupta handled all aspects of people management in several public/ private sector organizations across manufacturing as well as services sectors. He holds extensive experience in design and conduct of training and internal coaching work, particularly in the field of leadership, negotiation, and core HR skills, for clients such as L&T, Holcim, Tata Power, BPCL, Numaligarh Refinery, Insurance Industry of India, BARC, and others. Prof. Sengupta is a master trainer in NLP (USA), an accredited Executive Coach (International Coaching Community, São Paulo), an accredited Assessor by CIA and IMC in business excellence models, and an accredited Internal Coach by Arthur D. Little. He has co-authored a two-part case series titled Infinity Life Insurance Company: Creating an Organization.
