Managing People in South Africa
Managing People in South Africa
Description
Managing people in South Africa is a well balanced introductory book designed to prepare students for their professional careers as managers in Human Resource Managment or other specialist fields. Moving up the corporate ladder inevitably involves dealing with people more and more, to be successful as a manager one has to be able to manage people successfully. Conversely, managers who are effective at managing people are most likely to be promoted to senior positions. However, not only are people very complex but the world of work is also very dynamic with the result that managers need frames of reference to assist them to select and apply appropriate HR strategies, theories, principles and techniques. The book is unique in this respect because it adopts both the systems and analytical approaches to HRM as frameworks and explains the relevance of these approaches to the various HR functions using practical examples and case studies.