eBooks - Human Resource Management
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Item Fundamentals of human resource management(2011) Itika JThis book is not just one of the many introductions to Human Resource Management that are published, year after year, for use in HRM classes. Authors of those introductions face many challenges, such as the need to produce something that is both theoretically sound and practically valuable, or to find a way to integrate discussions on a variety of topics into one comprehensible teaching tool. The author of this book took up those challenges by, on the one hand, closely following the conventions that HRM scholars all over the world adhere to with regards to the demarcation of subfields within the HRM discipline, and on the other hand, including a multitude of Tanzanian and other African cases that put each of these subfields in a vivid context. The result is a book that serves to initiate African students in the world-wide HRM community, while simultaneously enabling them to create their own HRM policies in accordance with circumstances in their countries. As such, it is definitely a unique book. It brings the global and regional perspective together, to the benefit of both. The author and his colleagues of the School of Public Administration and Management of Mzumbe University deserve respect for this accomplishment. Their reward will be in the educational outcomes that the book will certainly bring about in their own classes and in hopefully many other ones.Item Fundamentals of human resource management : emerging experiences from Africa(African Studies Centre, 2011) Itika, Josephat StephenFundamentals of Human Resource Management: Emerging Experiences from African Countries examines the persistent political, social, and economic challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa and questions the continued reliance on Eurocentric management philosophies in addressing them. The book argues that uncritical adoption of Northern theories has limited the effectiveness of leadership and organisational performance across the continent. Drawing lessons from regions such as Southeast Asia, it emphasizes the strategic development of human capital and the need for contextualised, Afrocentric approaches to managing people and institutions. The text calls for critical adaptation of global concepts to local realities, encouraging managers to apply human resource principles in ways that reflect African organisational, cultural, and economic contexts. Structured into fourteen chapters, the book integrates theory with practical experiences from Tanzania and other African countries. It covers foundational and strategic human resource management, policy development, workforce planning, recruitment and selection, performance management, reward systems, training and development, employee relations, competency-based management, and international human resource challenges. Particular attention is given to public sector reforms, health sector workforce issues, and private sector practices within Tanzania. Each chapter concludes with reflective analysis linking Eurocentric models to African experiences, providing a basis for developing context-relevant human resource frameworks for Sub-Saharan Africa.Item Planning and assigning tasks for the first time: A step by step approach for beginning managers.(Research, Information and Publications Department, 2002) A.G.B. SimimePLANNING AND ASSIGNING TASKS FOR THE FIRST TIME A STEP BY STEP APPROACH FOR BEGINNING MANAGERS The bottom line of performance management is better results, hence, management by results. What it means really is that the performance of the manager is measured by the degree of success towards expected outputs or results. Successful performance reaches stated goals, objectives and targets and demonstrates visible and measurable contributions to an organization There are no magical rules for performance management. There are, however, process steps that managers ought to know that are likely to inspire effective commitment of the people to their jobs. If these process steps are followed management by results will be ensured. This small volume describes the eight step-by-step approach to assigning tasks as part of implementing performance management. The book outlines what managers who assign tasks to subordinates ought to do at each of the eight process steps in order to establish understanding, win their agreement and inspire their commitment to work for better results. At the end the book provides cases of success stories in planning and assigning task.Item Selected topics in human resource management(Reseach and Publications Department, 2004) Sabina P.M. GellejahThis book gives an overview of Human Resource Management as field and subject of study, explaining the job of a manager and dynamics of work teams. The book further concentrates on the major functions of Human Resource Management; namely Human Resource Recruitment, Human Resource Analysis and Planning, Appraising and Improving Performance of Human Resource, Human Resource Training and Development. Topics on Management Development, Describing and Evaluating Jobs, Administration of wages and Salaries, as well as collective Bargaining and arbitrating have been included to enrich the subject matter covered by the book. The book is written in a user friendly language. It can be used as a quick reference guide to the subject for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as practicing managers and other professionals involved and interested in the management of human resource. The choice of topics covered was guided by the author's experience of two decades in teaching the subject management practitioners, undergraduate students, as well as postgraduate students in Tanzania, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland.