ESCP Europe

"Processes such as job evaluations and reward systems are significantly affected by the cultural environment. This text shows what human resource executives can do to reconcile these cultural dilemmas and provides an accessible guide to important business issues".

Introduction: Human resource management: a leading force or a palliative? --- 1. Human resource management and corporate culture --- 2. Recruitment, selection and assessment --- 3. Training managers to attain strategic goals --- 4. How HRM can facilitate the problem-solving power of teams --- 5. Building a learning organization: a challenge to HR --- 6. Leadership development across cultures --- 7. From personal diagnoses to web-based assessments --- 8. Steps towards resolving dilemmas --- 9. Creating an assessment centre --- 10. Varieties of culture shock --- Endnote --- Appendices --- Bibliography --- Index..