Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

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


Name and Company Index
Subject Index


Online Content
Glossary

Overview


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.



Key Features


? Updated Content and Real-Life Examples: Various content changes are made to include the
important HR trends and topics, such as current workforce statistics; discussions on sexual
harassment, including the #MeToo movement; trends affecting labor demand today with
advanced technologies like robots, 3D printing and artificial intelligence.


? Video Conversations with Chief HR Officers (CHROs): Created by the Center for Executive
Succession at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, video
conversations with CHROs from top organizations such as Accenture, Bank of America, Boeing,
GE, HP, Merck, and others are tied in to pertinent chapters.


? HR Analytics & Decision Making: These new features throughout the book highlight an evidence-based approach to HR management and focus on people, employees, and human capital.


? Self-Assessment Exercises: Appearing at the end of the chapter, these exercises help students
gather information about themselves as it relates to topics covered in each chapter. 

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