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"Contents: Part 1: Overview of SHRM -- Looking inside for competitive advantage / Jay B. Barney -- Understanding human resource management in the context of organizations and their environments / Susan E. Jackson and Randall S. Schuler -- Implications of the converging economy for human resource management / Suzanne Zivnuska, David J. Ketchen, Jr., and Charles C. Snow -- Human resources and the resource-based view of the firm / Patrick M. Wright, Benjamin B. Dunford, and Scott A. Snell -- The complete resource-based view: implications for theory and practice in strategic human resource management / Barry A. Colbert -- Alignment of HR strategies and the impact on business performance / Dave Ulrich -- Part 2: Global dimensions -- Converting global presence into global competitive advantage / Anil K. Gupta and Vijay Govindarajan -- Human resource strategy in international context / Paul R. Sparrow and Werner Braun -- Reframing global mindset: from thinking to acting / Vladimir Pucik -- A quarter-century review of human resource management in the US: the growth in importance of the international perspective / Randall S. Schuler and Susan E. Jackson -- European human resource management: researching developments over time / Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Chris Brewster -- HRM in China / Fang Lee Cooke -- HRM in India / Devi S. Saini and Pawan S. Budhwar -- Part 3: Strategy into action -- HR strategy and competitive advantage in the service sector / Peter Boxall -- Managing the human resource architecture for knowledge-based competition / David P. Lepak and Scott A. Snell -- New HR metrics: scoring on the business scorecard -- Strategies for responsible restructuring -- Part 4: Role of the HR department and HR professionals -- the three-dimensional people strategy: putting human resources policies into action -- Seeing the Elephant: human resource management challenges in the age of globalization -- The changing role of the corporate HR function in global organizations of the twenty-first century -- People processing systems and human resource strategy -- Conclusion: Strategic human resource management: a look to the future."