The book provides a comprehensive overview of the subject and focuses on current controversial issues to illustrate the debates. Preface, Human Resource Management and its Organizational Context, An Introduction to Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management in Content, Resourcing the Organization, Human Resource Management and the Labor Market, Human Resource Planning: Control to Seduction?, Job Design: Signs and Symbols and Re-sign-ations, Recruitment and Selection, Developing the Human Resource, Learning and Development, The National Framework for Vocational Education, Training, Management Development, The Employment Relationship, The Employment Relationship and Contractual Regulation, Collective Bargaining, Remuneration and Reward, Employee Involvement, Managing Human Resources in the Public Sector, International Human Resource Management, International Resource Management and Europe, Human Resource Management and the USA, Huma Resource Management and Japan, Index.