Human Resource Management: A Nordic Perspective

<p>Sweden has one of the lowest national debts in Europe, a well-educated workforce, and the country consistently ranks in top positions of the best places to live and work in the world. <em>Human Resource Management: A Nordic Perspective</em> offers a unique and valuable insight into the working practices of HRM in Sweden, which has been explicated for an international audience. The book offers readers outside of the country alternative methods for improving efficiency and well-being in their own workplace.</p><p>A team of experienced contributors based in Sweden discuss and analyse the Nordic tradition of inclusive and participative management and present different perspectives on creating a work-life suitable for every person involved. The first part of the book includes chapters on general issues in HR work such as development and learning, selection, teamwork, career paths, and cooperation within organisations. The second part addresses diversity, inclusion, and how discriminatory practices can be avoided.</p><p>This book will be a valuable resource for students of: HRM, business, management, education, psychology, sociology, as well as human resource management professionals who are seeking new ways to balance economic and human values.</p> <p>Introduction: Nordic perspectives on Human Resource Management</p><p><strong>Part 1 General features of HR work</strong></p><p>Chapter 1 Developing co-workership in organisations</p><p>Chapter 2 Effective interaction in organisations</p><p>Chapter 3 Organising for knowledge and learning – a balancing act between divergent forces</p><p>Chapter 4 ‘Career’ from a perspective of effort and reward</p><p>Chapter 5 Creativity at the workplace</p><p>Chapter 6 Recruitment mistakes, future employees, and fabulous fantasies: the market’s need of magical qualities</p><p><strong>Part 2 Diversity and inclusion</strong></p><p>Chapter 7 The equality work that needs to be done</p><p>Chapter 8 Heteronorms, LGBTQ, and queer at the workplace</p><p>Chapter 9 Generational differences at the workplace</p><p>Chapter 10 Professional development for older colleagues </p><p>Chapter 11 Understanding why an immigrant neurosurgeon is driving your taxi: on highly qualified foreign labour looking for work in your country</p><p>Chapter 12 Functional workplaces for people with disabilities</p><p>Chapter 13 Working in knowledge-intensive organisations when it is impossible to be physically present: female employees who suffer from chronic illnesses</p><p>Chapter 14 Those who know more than you: talent management in the Google era</p><p>Conclusion: HR work – a balancing act with integrity</p>