The book covers the current theoretical approaches to strategic HRM, impact of ?bottom line? practices, a streamlined discussion of HRIS and how HR activities fit into a company?s overall business strategy. Updated end-of-chapter exercises and cases challenge students to put concepts into action and to make decisions like those faced by today?s human resource managers.

Table of contents :

Part I: Overview and Introduction · An Introduction to Human Resource Management
Part II: Planning for Organizations, Jobs, and People
· Strategic Human Resource
· Human Resource Planning
· Job Analysis: Concepts, Procedures and Choices
Part III: Acquiring Human Resources
· Equal Employment Opportunity: The Legal Environment
· Recruiting and Job Search
· Measurement and decision-making Issues in Selection
· Assessing Job Candidates: Tools for Selection

Part IV: Building and Motivating Performance
· Human Resource Development
· Performance Assessment and Management, Safety and health
· Compensation System Development
· Incentive Compensation

Part V: Maintaining Human Resources
· Benefits
· Safety and Health: A Proactive Approach
· Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
· Employment Transitions: Managing Careers, Retention and Termination
Part VI: Multinational Human Resource Management
· Managing Human Resources in Multinational Organizations