Human Resource Management In The Asia Pacific Region

These papers focus upon the need to update knowledge and understanding of Asian human resource management. A model is included that can be used to make a comparative analysis of HRM in the region and to establish the various levels of change that need to be assessed.

Asia Pacific Human Resource Management and Organisational Effectiveness: Impacts on Practice explores the concepts and applications of strategic human resource management (SHRM) theory on the roles and practices of human resource professionals employed in organizations across the Asia Pacific region. It blends new conceptual frameworks with empirical evidence, case illustrations, and company examples from a variety of countries in the region, exploring the economic, political, socio-cultural, demographic, and professional dimensions of the topic. Country studies (for example, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, China, India, Korea and Australia) are included, examining the relationships between SHRM and talent management, knowledge workers, quality of work and human capital management in the Asian region. Presents the first book to explore the link between HRM and organizational effectiveness Provides new empirical and case study research on relevant issues regarding strategic human resource management Offers a blend of experienced global HRM scholars with enthusiastic regional academics Includes an amalgam of conceptual and practical approaches to the topic

HRM (human resource management) suffers from a selective tendancy and ad hoc approach, which misses the historical, paradoxical often incoherent, incompatible and inconsistent nature of the subject. This text reduces this myopia by adding to our knowledge and the milieu within which it operates.

As a new millennium approaches, many politicians, commentators, academics, management gurus and business people have been increasingly casting their gaze towards Asia in the belief that the 'Pacific Age' is also beckoning. The region's dynamism is seen as rooted in particular managerial practices, such as kaizen and Total Quality Management; in state intervention; or in cultural factors, notably Confucianism. An integral ingredient to all these factors is the management of 'human resources' with the 'human touch', seen to proffer key advantages in an era of globlization, market flux, competition by quality and service, and rapid transference of technologies. This volume examines not only policy and practice but also the restrictions and contraints on the convergence and transference of HRM. The articles cover locations as diverse as the Philippines, Thailand, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong.

This book presents an HRM scenario in a number of south-east Asian and Pacific Rim countries, highlighting the growth of the HR function in these countries, their dominant HRM systems and the challenges faced.

Given the enormous economic and developmental changes being experienced by nations in the Asia-Pacific region, and the related movement of people between and across countries, it is critical that we better understand the HRM policies and practices of these nations. The latest instalment in the Global HRM series, Managing Human Resources in Asia-Pacific (2E) presents the HRM situations in a number of South-East Asian and Pacific Rim countries, highlighting the growth of the personnel and HR function, the dominant HRM system(s) in the area, the influence of different factors on HRM, and the challenges faced by HR functions in these nations. This edition extends its coverage to Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, and the Philippines; a new chapter discusses HR research challenges in the region, such as the transferability of western constructs, problems with data collection, and the emergence of MNEs from Asia Pacific.

Compares and contrasts HRM functions across countries in the Asia Pacific region with similar or dissimilar economic, social, political and industrial relations traditions and institutions. Contains new material from well respected academics in each country, allowing readers to appreciate the particular local influences.