PwC’s Academy Learning resources for unit: 5UIN This section provides suggestions for suitable resources for this unit. The list is indicative only and should not be considered as prescriptive or exhaustive. Books 1 ANDERSON, V. (2013) Research methods in human resource management: investigating a business issue. 3rd ed. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 2 BELL, J. and WATERS, S. (2014) Doing your research project: a guide for first time researchers. 6th ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 3 BRYMAN, A. and BELL, E. (2015) Business research methods. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 4 CAMERON, S. and PRICE, D. (2009) Business research methods: a practical approach. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 5 COOPER, D.R. and SCHINDLER, P.S. (2013) Business research methods. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education. 6 DENSCOMBE, M. (2014) The good research guide: for small scale social research projects. 5th ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 7 EASTERBY-SMITH, M., THORPE, R. and JACKSON, P. (2015) Management and business research. 5th ed. London: Sage. 8 HORN, R. (2012) Researching and writing dissertations: a complete guide for business and management students. 2nd ed. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 9 MARCHINGTON, M., WILKINSON, A., DONNELLY, R. and KYHIGHOU, A. (2016) Human resource management at work. 6th ed. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. 10 SAUNDERS, M., LEWIS, P. and THORNHILL. A. (2015) Research methods for business students. 7th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education. 11 SILVERMAN, D. (2013) Doing qualitative research. 4th ed. London: Sage. 12 SILVERMAN, D. (2013) A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about qualitative research. 2nd ed. London: Sage. 13 TAYLOR, S. and WOODHAMS, C. (eds). (2016) Studying human resource management. 2nd ed. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. PwC’s Academy Online resources 1 CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL AND DEVELOPMENT. (2015) How to write a persuasive business report [online]. London: CIPD. Available at : www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources/a-z 2 CIPD surveys and research reports. Available at http:// www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources Key journals 1 Human Resource Management Journal Available at: http://www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources/online-journals.aspx 2 International Journal of Human Resource Management Available at: http://www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources online-journals.aspx 3 People Management Available at: www.cipd.co.uk/pm 4 Personnel Review Websites 1 www.acas.org.uk Website of Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) which aims to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations. 2 www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-innovation-skills Website of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) 3 www.cipd.co.uk/hr-topics/ Links to CIPD resources on 60 topics covering HR and L&D including factsheets, research, surveys, books, courses and more. PwC’s Academy 4 www.eurofound.europa.eu Website of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 5 www.employment-studies.co.uk/ Website of the Institute for Employment Studies 6 www.ons.gov.uk/ons/index.html Website of the Office for National Statistics 7 www.ukces.org.uk Website of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills PwC’s Academy