1st Edition
Influencing Organizational Effectiveness A Critical Take on the HR Contribution
Section One: Context
1. Introduction
2. Key Concepts and Theories
3. A Neo-Liberal Landscape
4. The New Work Culture
Section Two: managerialism and HRM
5. The HRM ‘Project’
6. The Shaping of Subjectivities
7. The Conflicted Practitioner?
Section Three: The impact of the work culture on employees
8. The Emerging Psychological Contract
9. The Search for Meaning
Section Four: Phoenix out of the ashes?
10. The Crisis of Capitalism
11. New Organisational Effectiveness (OE)
Section Five: HR influencing organisational effectiveness
12. HR and OE
13. Performance Management
14. OD and Change
15. Conclusion
16. References
Biography
Linda Holbeche is the former Director of Research and Policy for the CIPD, Director of Leadership and Consultancy at the Work Foundation and Director of Research and Strategy at Roffey Park, UK. She is now Visiting Professor in HRM and Organization Development at Cass Business School and four other UK universities, and Fellow of the Institute for Employment Studies and Roffey Park.
'With her uniquely engaging, pragmatic and convincing approach, Linda’s thoughtful and thought-provoking new work provides us with an invaluable overview of and critical insights into, the way in which the world of work in the UK has evolved over time.' - Michael Jenkins, Chief Executive, Roffey Park Institute, UK and Singapore
'This book unravels the damaging effects of the "new work culture" and HRM practices, showing how they are counter-productive to healthy work and working lives. The outcome is a new HR approach based on more ethical and sustainable organizational practices.' - Professor Colin C. Williams, University of Sheffield, UK
