Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Human Resource Management as a Strategie Factor -- 2. National Human Resource Management Concepts -- 3. No Universal Model of HRM -- 4. Some Remarks on Methodological Problems of Comparative Management Research -- Human Resource Management and Corporate Strategy -- 1. From Personnel Administration to Human Resource Management (HRM) -- 2. Historical Roots of HRM -- 3. Current HRM Concepts -- 4. The Link between HRM and Corporate Strategy -- Part I. Human Resource Management in the Western World -- Human Resource Management in the U.S. - Celebration of its Centenary -- 1. Historical Background -- 2. HRM in the 1990's -- 3. The Practice of HRM in the 1990's -- 4. Recent Issues in HRM -- 5. Conclusion -- Human Resource Management in Italy -- 1. The Environment of Human Resource Management in Italy -- 2. Management Research and Theory -- 3. Human Resource Management in Practice -- 4. Prospects -- Human Resource Management in France -- 1. Brief History -- 2. Objective Specific Aspects of the French Scene which Have an Impact on Human Resource Management -- 3. Subjective Characteristics of the French National Culture Having an Impact on Human Resource Management -- 4. Changes in the Field of Human Resource Management -- 5. Conclusions -- Human Resource Management in the Federal Republic of Germany -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Background -- 3. Applied Concepts -- 4. Contingency Factors of HRM -- 5. Summary and Outlook -- Part II. Key Problems of Human Resource Management in Socialist Countries -- Human Resource Management in Yugoslavia: Problems and Perspectives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Postwar Developments -- 3. The Economic Reform and Changes in Management -- 4. Human Resource Management - From Social to Professional Activity -- Human Resource Management in Czechoslovakia - Management Development as the Key Issue.

1. Introduction -- 2. Tradition and Current Problems of Human Resource Management in Czechoslovak Companies -- 3. Management Development - Its Tradition and Current Practice in Czechoslovak Organizations -- 4. The Practice of Management Development in Czechoslovakia - Recapitulation and Prospects -- 5. The Major Changes Affecting the Future of Human Resources Development, Human Resource Management and Management Development in Czechoslovakia - Some Enigmas -- Human Resource Management in the German Democratic Republic: Problems of Availability and the use of Manpower Potential in the Sphere of the High Qualification Spectrum in a Retrospective View Hansgünter Meyer -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Labor Availability -- 3. Qualification Structure -- 4. Some Current Problems -- Part III. Human Resource Management in Asian Countries -- Human Resource Management in China: Recent Trends -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Development of Management Responsibility Systems -- 3. Changes in Personnel, Labor and Wage Systems -- 4. Vocational and Management Training -- 5. Trade Unions and Enterprise Law -- 6. Conclusion -- Human Resource Management in Japan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Analytical Method of HRM in International Comparisons -- 3. General Characteristics of the Japanese Employment System - Japanese HRM before the Second World War -- 4. The Management Organization of Japanese Enterprise before and after the Second World War -- 5. Japanese HRM after the Second World War -- 6. The Problems of Japanese HRM at Present -- Part IV. Human Resource Management and Multinational Companies -- Strategic Human Resource Management: A Global Perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Model -- 3. The Consequences of Culture -- 4. International Human Resource Management -- 5. Implications: Future Trends.

Human Resource Management in Multinational and Internationally Operating Companies -- 1. Some Basic Notions -- 2. Environmental Influences to be Considered in International Business -- 3. Task of Human Resource Management in Internationally Operating -- 4. Requirements of Professional and Personality-bases Qualifications -- 5. Re-Integration Problems -- About the Authors.