Human resource management

This book takes a managerial orientation, it takes the position that HRM is relevant to managers in every unit, project, or team. Managers are constantly faced with HRM issues, problems, and decision-making and the text's primary goal is to show how each manager must be a human resource problem solver and diagnostician. This book pays attention to the application of HRM approaches in real organizational settings and situations. Realism, understanding, and critical thinking were important in the revision. Students and faculty alike have identified readability and relevance as key strengths of the text. This is a book that stimulates ideas and keeps all users up-to-date on HRM thinking and practices.

Includes index.

PART 1. Introduction to human resource management. 1. Human resource management -- 2. A strategic management approach to human resource management -- 3. Legal environment of human resource management: equal employment opportunity -- 4. Global human resource management -- PART 2. Acquiring human resources. 5. Human resource planning -- 6. Job analysis and design -- 7. Recruitment -- 8. Selecting effective employees -- PART 3. Rewarding human resources. 9. Performance evaluation and management -- 10. Compensation: an overview -- 11. Compensation: methods and policies -- 12. Employee benefits and services -- PART 4. Developing human resources. 13. Training and development -- 14. Career planning and development -- PART 5. Labor-management relations and promoting safety and health. 15. Labor relations and collective bargaining -- 16. Managing employee discipline -- 17. Promoting safety and health -- Appendices. A. Measuring human resource activities -- B. Where to find information, facts, and figures about human resource management -- C. Career planning -- Glossary.