Human Resource Management in Australia presents the fundamental concepts and issues of this core business course. The contents draw on two traditions inherent in employment relations, one of which takes an individual,psychological focus and another that starts from an industrial relations perspective. Pinnington and Lafferty's acount covers all the main elements of HRM and focuses on contemporary developments in Australia,s etting them withn the internal organizational and wider national and global contexts. The book fosters a good understanding of the management of human resources and encourages critical thinking and practice.