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Managing People Globally: An Asia perspective

Chris Rowley and Wes Harry, Cass Business School, UK

 - considers the influences on HRM, including the political, economic and social contexts and expectations
 - discusses organisational behaviour impacts on HRM
 - review of HRM in Asia with topics and practices organised thematically and integrated, rather than by country
 - focuses on specific HRM techniques, such as recruitment and rewards, and the variations found in different parts of Asia
 - combines academic rigour and practical management impact

This wide-ranging review of human resources management (HRM) in Asia, draws attention to issues which are substantially different from those which a western trained manager or student would expect. Intra-regional issues are examined and in an unusual approach, topics are organised thematically, rather than by the more typical country-by-country approach.

ISBN 1 84334 223 5
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 223 6
September 2010
200 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
Approx. £65.00 / US$110.00 / €80.00

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About the authors

Dr Chris Rowley, BA, MA (Warwick), DPhil (Oxford) is the inaugural Professor of Human Resource Management, Editor of the leading journal Asia Pacific Business Review and book Series Editor for ‘Studies in Asia Pacific Business’ and ‘Asian Studies: Contemporary Issues and Trends’. He has taught at Cardiff Business School and the University of London. He has published widely in journals and books. Dr Wes Harry is a manager with wide experience in Asia from the Middle East to East Asia. Dr Harry is an international business manager and academic and Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School. In a career spanning 25 years and over 50 countries, he has held senior management positions in Asia and the Middle East in banks, airlines and the oil industry. Wes has mainly been the Head of HR for his employers but he has also held general management positions and headed IT, properties and finance functions.

Titles which may also be of interest:
Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific
Expatriates in Asia
Globalisation and Work in Asia

Contents

Part 1 Role of governments, including employment law; Societies’ expectations; Types of organizations and impacts of ownership (eg state, family, foreign, joint) or place in the market (new, long established, core business units, subcontractors) and structures (steep pyramids, flat, spans of control); Demographic factors (workforce, rural migrants, ‘women’s work’); Experience and availability of local staff (managers, technicians, and professional); Expatriates (managerial, technical, skilled, unskilled); How ‘foreigners’ (even from other parts of Asia) can be more effective managers of people; Localisation and employment creation; Part 2 HRM status, techniques and issues, including: The development of people management; HRM and strategy; Employee resourcing: HR planning and recruitment and selection; Employee rewards: pay and benefits; Employee development: training and development; Employee relations: trade unions; Key issues: use of influence to get things done; work/life balance; management of diversity.