About the book

This book focuses on human resource issues and how HR is a key component of any company’s overall corporate strategy. The approach it takes to teach human resource management involves engaging students in learning through the use of real-world examples and best practices, focusing them on important HR issues and concepts, and applying what they have learned through chapter features and end-of-chapter exercises and cases.

Content:

Part 1: The Human Resource Environment

1 Managing Human Resources
2 Trends in Human Resource Management
3 Providing Equal Employment Opportunity and a Safe Workplace
4 Analyzing Work and Designing Jobs

Part 2: Acquiring, Training, and Developing Human Resources

5 Planning for and Recruiting Human Resources
6 Selecting Employees and Placing Them in Jobs
7 Training Employees
8. Developing Employees for Future Success

Part 3: Assessing and Improving Performance

9 Creating and Maintaining High-Performance Organizations
10 Managing Employees’ Performance
11 Separating and Retaining Employees

Part 4: Compensating Human Resources

12 Establishing a Pay Structure
13 Recognizing Employee Contributions with Pay
14 Providing Employee Benefits

Part 5: Meeting Other HR Goals

15 Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations
16 Managing Human Resources Globally