"What difference can the aspiring HR strategist really make to business value? In the new and thoroughly updated edition of her ground-breaking book, Linda Holbeche answers this question and provides the tools and insights to help HR managers and directors add value to the organization by implementing effective HR initiatives that are aligned to core business strategies. This edition will include new chapters, fresh case questions, specific sector 'twists' like healthcare, HE, travel and tourism, alongside a greater mix of international case studies. Taking a more analytical approach than previous works, Holbeche will discuss and explore a number of contemporary academic debates. Learn how you can strengthen and prove the relationship between people strategy and business success through your approach to performance and development and impress at the highest levels with this new edition of an HR classic"--