Human Resources Management A Strategic Approach

by Anthony, William P.; Kacmar, K. Michelle; Perrewe, Pamela L.

• ISBN13: 9781424063932
• ISBN10: 1424063930
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-24
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This popular text written from a what human resources can do for you” perspective, demonstrates how human resources fit into the organizational big picture. Many cross-functional topics are integrated throughout the text including, marketing, finance, operations, and accounting. Updated cases include material that reinforces the key concepts presented in the text and provides an additional practical perspective to problems faced by human resource managers. The market includes all universities that teach a course in Human Resource Management. It may be used for both upper-division undergraduate and graduate level courses.

Table of Contents

The Strategic Approach

The Strategic Approach to Human Resource Management

Formulating a Corporate and Human Resource Strategy

The External and Global Environment for Human Resources: Change and Diversity

Strategies For Human Resource Acquisition And Placement

Human Resource Planning and Technology

Equal Employment Opportunity

Job Analysis

Recruitment, Selection, and Retention

Strategies For Maximizing Human Resource Productivity

Job Design

Orientation, Training, and Development

Strategies for Effective Performance Appraisal Systems

Strategic Compensation Systems

Improving Productivity

Strategies For Maintaining Human Resources

Benefit Plans

Managing Health, Safety, and Stress

Ethics, Employee Rights, and Employer Responsibilities

Unions and Strategic Collective Bargaining

Strategic Separation

Strategic Restructuring and the Virtual Organization

Cases

FedEx Corporation

Delta Air Lines, Inc

McDonald's Corporation

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc

Microsoft

Intel

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