Managing Human Resources

by Gomez-Mejia, Luis; Balkin, David; Cardy, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780136093527
• ISBN10: 0136093523
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-27
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Managing Human Resourcesprepares all future managers with a business understanding of the need for human resource management skills. Meeting Present and Emerging Strategic Human Resource Challenges; Managing Work Flows and Conducting Job Analyses; Understanding Equal Opportunity and the Legal Environment; Managing Diversity; Recruiting and Selecting Employees; Managing Employee Separations, Downsizing, and Outplacement; Appraising and Managing Performance; Training the Workforce; Developing Careers; Managing Compensation; Rewarding Performance; Designing and Administering Benefits; Developing Employee Relations; Respecting Employee Rights and Managing Discipline; Working with Organized Labor; Managing Workplace Safety and Health; International HRM Challenges For readers interested in learning the fundamentals of human resource management skills through an approach that also makes the subject relevant to anyone who has to deal with HR issues, even those who do not hold the title of manager.

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction

1. Meeting Present and Emerging Strategic Human Resource Challenges

Part II. The Contexts of Human Resource Management

2. Managing Work Flows and Conducting Job Analysis

3. Understanding Equal Opportunity and the Legal Environment

4. Managing Diversity

Part III. Staffing

5. Recruiting and Selecting Employees

6. Managing Employee Separations, Downsizing, and Outplacement

Part IV. Employee Development

7. Appraising and Managing Performance

8. Training the Workforce

9. Developing Careers

Part V. Compensation

10. Managing Compensation

11. Rewarding Performance

12. Designing and Administering Benefits

Part VI. Governance

13. Developing Employee Relations

14. Respecting Employee Rights and Managing Discipline

15. Working with Organized Labor

16. Managing Workplace Safety and Health

17. International HRM Challenge