About this Book

The intellect
and creativity of people are at the heart of the knowledge-driven revolution
with a growth of service sector knowledge intensive businesses. Within all
sectors workers have to be more highly educated and more must be able to work
with customers as part of their daily work as well as participate in teamwork.

People
today are also required to work flexibly across a range of job roles as
organizations become flatter with fewer layers of management. As the pace of
change quickens individuals will have more independence to manage themselves
and their own activities with a growth of opportunities.

These
changing scenarios much impact the People Management in the context of
globalization and will bestow ample issues, prospects and challenges which need
to be explored. The practitioners, academicians and researchers need to
meticulously review these aspects and acquaint them with knowledge to sustain
in such scenarios. Thus, these changing scenarios emphasize the need of a
broad-based research in the field of human resource management also reflecting
in management education. This book is an attempt in that direction.

I
sincerely hope that this book will provide insights into the subject to faculty
members, researchers and students from the management institutes, consultants,
practicing managers from industry and government officers.