E-Human Resources Management: Managing Knowledge People

Interactive systems are growing in the last decade because of the amount of fields in which this kind of application can be used as a test bed to experiment in medicine, training, education, and so on. book highlights the knowledge of several researchers in the field of interactive systems to offer an overview of the different parts of the environment that must be taken into account to develop a quality interactive system from the software engineering discipline. The book is oriented to developers of interactive systems, as well as researchers in the field of virtual environments. This book will be an important pillar in the way this kind of software will be developed.

This book provides a deep discussion about e-HRM issues so the reader can have a thoughtful background about the key role played by those who participate in e-HRM activities. A variety of experiences are provided to involve the reader in real problems and to help the reader gain an understanding of current and future e-HRM challenges. E-Human Resources Management: Managing Knowledge People also explores the impact of IT on communication effectiveness, the concept of protean career, the integration of handheld computer technology into HR practice, the B2E models, and perspectives in organizational development and IT.

Teresa Torres Coronas, Ph. D., has a bachelor's degree in economics (Barcelona University) and a Ph.D. in management (Rovira i Virgili University). She won first prize in the 2000 edition of EADA related management research. She is the author of the book Valuing Brands (Ediciones Gestión 2000. Spain), co-author or the book Retrieve Your Creativity (Septem Ediciones, Spain), co-editor of the book Changing the way you teach: Creative tools for management education, (Septem Ediciones, Spain, in press), and author of many articles and conference papers about intangible management, management education, and applied creativity and TI. She is management professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, and she is one of the Spanish associates of the Center for Research in Applied Creativity (in Canada). She is an active member of the Management Education and Development Division (Academy of Management) and the Information Resources Management Association.

Mario Arias Oliva: Dr. Mario Arias is PhD in Management by Rovira Rovira i Virgili University. His PhD research was about Virtual Organizations. He attended several courses at Erasmus Universiteit Rótterdam and MBA courses at Rotterdam School of Management, Holland. He is professor at Rovira i Virgili University in the Management area. Dr. Arias collaborate as well with the Center for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK. In 2002 become International Research Associate of this Center. He has conducted several research projects as, "Self-employment analysis in Spain" (Edited by the Spanish Economic Ministry) or "The relationship between training consultancy organizational design and strategy: the effects on quality and performance of training services" (Edited by the Spanish Union "Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT"). Mario Arias has been invited as speaker to several MBA programs, seminars, courses and International Conferences: Autónoma University of Madrid, Vigo University, Rey Juan Carlos of Madrid University, Politecnic University of Madrid, De Montfort University (UK), Unisinos (Brazil) Autónoma del Sur (Chile), Atacama University (Chile), UNICEN University (Argentina) and UCES (Argentina).