As the title suggests, this book provides an introduction to the manage-ment of people in
work organisations, or as it is now most commonly known, human resource management …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a definition of talent and talent management
in the luxury hotel sector with a focus on talent retention strategies. Design/methodology …

The Business Briefings series offers authoritative introductory textbooks in core business
topics. Covering the basics and providing springboards to further study, the books take a no …

Human resource development (HRD) is an evolving, dynamic, ever-changing field. It is
shaped by the global environment and the people and organisations that work within it. To …

This chapter provides a brief critical review of some of the commonly used training
evaluation models, including Kirkpatrick, Phillip's return on investment (ROI), context input …

The global nature of competition, new and ever changing employee expectations, changing
societal values and constant revisions of employment law have propelled human resource …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to critically review existing models for evaluating
organizational human resource (HR) interventions and to develop a practical but robust …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between organizational
strategy, performance management and training and development in the context of the …

Purpose This paper responds to a recent trend towards reifying “knowledge hoarding” for
purposes of quantitative/deductive research, via a study of information technology (IT) …

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are undergoing financial, structural and cultural
transformation. With the marketization of higher education,'war for talent'is also gaining …