"This book provides a comprehensive, contemporary, and critical review of the key issues in strategic human resource management in India. The focus is on the reality of "people management" in large, global companies. Establishing the effectiveness of strategic HRM with respect to organizational performance, the authors examine recent research as also provide case studies of companies operating in the country." "The book traces the development of the concept of strategic HRM as it evolved out of the parent discipline and presents models related to the field development by the authors themselves. Designed to meet the needs of course teaching at the postgraduate level, it is an invaluable test for students, scholars, and practitioners, which will help define the complex agenda of strategic HRM in India."--BOOK JACKET.