Human Resource Management » (7th Edition)

As competitors strive to win the war for talent, effective human resource management is necessary to gain true competitive advantage in the marketplace. Three challenges companies face are sustainability, technology, and globalization. Human Resource Management 7th Edition brings these challenges to life by highlighting real-world examples pertaining to these issues and relating it to the concepts within the chapter. This best-selling McGraw-Hill/Irwin Human Resource Management title provides students with the technical background needed to be a knowledgeable consumer of human resource (HR) products and services, to manage HR effectively, or to be a successful HR professional. While clearly strategic in nature, the text also emphasizes how managers can more effectively acquire, develop, compensate, and manage the internal and external environment that relates to the management of human resources.

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A textbook for business students, explaining how managers can be knowledgeable consumers of human-resource products. The overall themes are the human-resource environment, acquiring and preparing human resources, assessment and development, compensation, and special topics such as collective bargaining and labor relations and strategically managing the human-resource function. A glossary is included. No dates are noted for the earlier editions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1. Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage
Part 1 The Human Resource Environment

2. Strategic Human Resource Management

3. The Legal Environment: Equal Employment Opportunity and Safety

4. The Analysis and Design of Work
Part 2 Acquisition and Preparation of Human Resources

5. Human Resource Planning and Recruitment

6. Selection and Placement

7. Training
Part 3 Assessment and Development of HR

8. Performance Management

9. Employee Development

10. Employee Separation and Retention
Part 4 Compensation of Human Resources

11. Pay Structure Decisions

12. Recognizing Employee Contributions with Pay

13. Employee Benefits
Part 5 Special Topics in Human Resources

14. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

15. Managing Human Resources Globally

16. Strategically Managing the HR Function

Appendix

Glossary

Photo Credits

Name and Company Index

Subject Index