New MSM book on Sustainable Human Resources Management

A new book by Dr. Stephanie Jones and co-author Ms. Sheena Graham – “Cases on Sustainable Human Resources Management in the Middle East and Asia” – includes extracts provided by many MSM graduates.

Several of MSM’s former and current students, from Vietnam, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Egypt and Iran, contributed chapters to Dr. Jones’ and Ms. Graham’s book, based on both MBA and DBA theses. The book, released in February 2015 in the USA and May 2015 in Europe, contains 12 case studies.

Designed for human resources practitioners and graduate students of HRM around the world, the book explains the challenges of managing HR in emerging markets. Looking at hiring local staff and expatriates, handling cultural differences in a multicultural workforce, setting up an HR function from scratch, measuring training effectiveness, providing leadership development, managing conflict, setting up a security compliance system for employees and promoting sustainable HR practices, the book contains a wealth of insights, presented as teaching cases.

The book leverages the teaching outcomes and research of MSM faculty and students, especially showing MSM’s unique strengths in front-line fieldwork in emerging markets.

Dr. Jones is Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at MSM, and Ms. Graham is Director of Graham Reid Associates, Hong Kong.