Strategic Human Resource Management A Systems Approach

This innovative text applies a systems theory perspective to strategic human resource management, drawing particularly on the Viable System Model and soft systems methodology. Readers are introduced to different ways of thinking about systems and shown how systems can interact, triggering changes in the competitive environment – and how HR systems can either facilitate or inhibit adaptation to these changes. Peppered with international examples throughout, this book considers key HR topics such as recruitment, reward, employment relations, culture, diversity and leadership, all through a systems lens. It shows how an understanding of system dynamics can help managers to recognise complexity, accept the inevitability of short-term systemic conflicts and anticipate the likely consequences. This text will be suitable for upper-level undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students of strategic HRM, HRM and strategic management. It will also be thought-provoking for HR professionals looking to embrace a strategic role in their organizations.

1. Strategic HRM and the Systems Perspective 2. What is a System and What is the Value Of A Systems Approach? 3. The Organisation as a System 4. Organisational Orientations to the Labour Market and Their Implications 5. Labour Markets, HR Planning, and Recruitment and Selection 6. Pay and Reward Policies and Practices and Their Implications for Corporate Culture 7. Industrial and Employee Relations through a Systems Lens 8. The Challenges of Managing Innovation through Diversity 9. Leadership and Followership from a Systems Perspective 10. Delivering Solutions to Complex Organizational Problems Using Soft Systems Modelling 11. A Critical Evaluation of the Systems Perspective in HRM

Nigel Bassett-Jones is a currently a senior lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK, following his retirement as the Head of Department of Organisational and Management Studies. His research interests lie at the intersection of human resource management, innovation, and systems theory. He is the author of several book chapters and various journal articles and conference contributions. He has worked as a consultant specialising in organisation and management development serving both public and private sector organisations and has taught on MA, MBA and MSc programmes in various institutions in the UK and contributed as a visiting lecturer on MBA programmes in Finland, France and South Africa.