Annual Editions: Human Resources 10/11

by Maidment, Fred

• ISBN13: 9780073528601
• ISBN10: 0073528609
• Edition: 19th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-04
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

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Table of Contents

Preface

Correlation Guide

Topic Guide

Internet References

Human Resource Management in Perspective

Unit Overview

The Environment of Human Resource Management

Leveraging HR and Knowledge Management in a Challenging Economy, Society for Human Resource Management

HR Magazine, June 2009

When Generations Collide

Human Resources and Corporate Strategy

Stepping Up to the Table: The HR Professional’s Role in Corporate Strategy

Not the Usual Suspects

Employers Prepare to Keep, Not Lose

Americans with Disabilities Act

Make a Resolution: ADA Training

On January 1, 2009, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Became Effective

The Wonder of Work

Sexual Harassment

Women Harassing Men: Complaints about Women Bosses Preying on Men Have Doubled since 1990. What’s Going on out There?

The War on Terror

Fighting for Values

Meeting Human Resource Requirements

Unit Overview

Job Requirements

White Collared

Human Resources Planning, Selection, and Recruitment

Managing in the New Millennium: Interpersonal Skills

How Your Diversity Reputation Attracts High-Potential Recruits

Six Ways to Strengthen Staffing

Human Resource Information Systems

Playing IT Big Brother: When Is Employee Monitoring Warranted?

Creating a Productive Work Environment

Unit Overview

Motivating Employees

The ‘Brain Drain’: How to Get Talented Women to Stay

Facilitating Communication

Processes, Prospects, and Promises of Electronic Leadership

Developing Effective Human Resources

Unit Overview

Training Employees

Your Co-Worker, Your Teacher: Collaborative Technology Speeds Peer-Peer Learning

Have We Learned Anything about Leadership Development?

Diversity in the Workplace

Firefighter Case Leaves ‘Gray Areas’

Strategic Organizational Diversity: A Model?

Job Security

Laid Off!

Implementing Compensation, Benefits, and Workplace Safety

Unit Overview

Managing Employee Compensation

Employee or Contractor?: The Wrong Answer Could Cost You

Incentive Compensation

Opening Keynote: Rethinking Pay for Performance

Executive Pay

U.S. Targets Excessive Pay for Top Executives; Compensation Czar to Oversee Firms at Heart of Crisis

Health and Safety

This Time It’s Personal

Benefits

Changing Course

Retirement Programs

Retirements Top List of HR Concerns

Fostering Employee/Management Relationships

Unit Overview

Disciplinary Action

Setting Up a Disciplinary Procedure, Chartered Management Institute, March 2006

5 Keys to Resolving Employee Conflict

Poor Performance & Due Process

Temporary and Part-Time Employees

Managing Part-Time Employees

Ethics

Business Ethics: The Key Role of Corporate Governance

Supporting Ethical Employees

International Human Resource Management

Unit Overview

Outsourcing and Offshoring

The Real Cost of Offshoring

Managing International Human Resources

America’s Other Immigration Crisis

China: Land of Opportunity and Challenge

Multiple Choice

Roots of Insecurity: Why American Workers and Others Are Losing Out

Test-Your-Knowledge Form

Article Rating Form

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