As people, knowledge and talent become increasingly core to an organisation's competitive advantage, strategic approaches to the management of human resources become ever more important. Preface, Acknowledgements, Overview, Strategy and Human Resource Management, Strategic Human Resource Management: A Vital Piece in the Jigsaw of Organisational Success?, SHRM in a Changing and Shrinking World: Internationalisation of Business and the Role of SHRM, Evaluating SHRM: Why Bother and Does it Really Happen in Practice?, Strategic Interventions, The Role of Organisational Structure in SHRM: The Basis for Effectiveness?, Relationships between Culture and SHR: Do Values have Consequences?, Strategic Human Resource Planning: The Weakest Link?, Performance Management: So Much More than Annual Appraisal, Strategic Reward Management: Cinderella is on her Way to the Ball, Diversity Management: Concern for Legisl;ation or Concern for Strategy? With Savita Kumra, Downsizing: Proactive Strategy or Reactive Workforce Reduction, Glossary, References, Index.