Table of contents

Part 1

1. Human Resource Management: what and why?

2. Strategy and strategic management

Part 2

6. Strategic HRM: ‘best fit’ or ‘best practice’?

7. Strategic HRM and sustained competitive advantage

8. Building a workforce: the challenge of interest alignment

9. Management power, employee voice and social legitimacy

10. Workforce performance and the ‘black box’ of HRM

Part 3

10. HR strategy in manufacturing

11. HR strategy in services

12. HR strategy in multidivisional firms

13. HR strategy in multinational firmsFinal thoughts: main themes and next steps