This book provides a critical examination of current practice, coupled with a comprehensive analysis of the most up to date theory. Foreword, Preface, Introduction, Personnel Management: Paradigms and Practice and Prospects, Work Organizations, The Structure of Organizations, Principles and Practice in Work Design, The Working Environment, Planning and Resourcing, From Manpower Planning to Strategic Human Resource Management, Recruitment and Selection, Employee Appraisal, Wasted Resources? Equal Opportunities in Employment, Employee Development, Vocational Education and Training for the Young, Continuing Training, Management Development, Managing Culture: Fact or Fiction?, The Wage-Work Bargain, Managing Pay in Britain, Performance Pay, Working Hours, Change and Continuity in the Status Divide, Discipline and the Creation of Order, Participation and Involvement, Communicating with Employees, Task Participation: Employees' Participation Enabled or Constrained, The Dynamics of Joint Consultation, Management and Trade Unions, Index.