This book addresses the needs of HRM and CIPD students writing a management report or dissertation, providing both theoretical frameworks and practical guidance. Providing an accessible guide to the planning and execution of HRM research projects, this text seeks to develop the knowledge and skills of first-time researchers for effective research into HRM issues in organisations.
Valerie Anderson (Chartered MCIPD, BA (Hons), M.Ed, PhD) is a principal lecturer in HRM at Portsmouth Business School, UK. Before her career in Higher Education, she gained extensive HRM and HRD management and consultancy experience in a range of different public and private sector organisations. She now undertakes extensive teaching and research into how people learn, particularly informal learning and the learning of professionals.