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Title Human resource management in higher and further education / edited by David Warner and Elaine Crosthwaite
Published Buckingham [England] ; [Bristol, PA] : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 1995

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Description xv, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Foreword / Peter Knight -- 1. Setting the Scene / Elaine Crosthwaite and David Warner -- 2. Managing Change / David House and David Watson -- 3. Developing a Human Resource Strategy / Elizabeth Lanchbery -- 4. Managing Diversity / Rebecca Nestor -- 5. The Learning Organization / Jennifer Tann -- 6. Effective Communication / Jo Andrews -- 7. Managing and Rewarding Performance / David Bright and Bill Williamson -- 8. Executive Recruitment / Diana Ellis -- 9. Essential Employment Law / Geoffrey Mead -- 10. Making Educational Institutions Safer and Healthier / Patricia Leighton -- 11. Developing Managers / Elizabeth Walker -- 12. Industrial Relations Strategies and Tactics / Roger Ward -- 13. Managing Information / John McManus and Emily Crowley
Summary The major element of the budget of all educational institutions is spent on people. Their management and motivation is a prime concern of educational managers. At a time of unprecedented changes, this book provides the first ever comprehensive coverage of the key aspects of human resource management - central to the success of every educational institution. Human Resource Management in Higher and Further Education has been written by a team of senior educational managers, academics and external experts. They examine the current major issues and future challenges; reflect and explore the trend toward greater managerialism; and include helpful case studies as well as analytical accounts of the topics covered. This is an essential guide to all the important areas of human resource and personnel management as they relate to further and higher education institutions
Analysis Education Personnel Management
Great Britain
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-189) and index
Subject College personnel management -- Great Britain.
Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Administration.
Author Crosthwaite, Elaine, 1952-
Warner, David, 1947-
Open University.
Society for Research into Higher Education.
LC no. 94033900
ISBN 0335193773 (paperback)
0335193781