About the book

Human Resource Management, 16th edition, provides students enrolled in human resource management courses, managers and professionals with a practical introduction to modern human resource management concepts and techniques in a highly comprehensible and lucid manner. With employers increasingly shifting HR tasks to managers and employees, the need for a strong foundation in human resource management concepts and techniques to do their jobs has become imperative. This book is replete with practical material one needs to perform day to day tasks in the eld of human resource management. Things are changing fast in human resource management, and as this book makes clear we are today on the cusp of what is really the New Human Resource Management.

Contents:

PART ONE INTRODUCTION

1 Introduction to Human Resource Management
2 Employment Laws in India and the U.S.
3 Human Resource Management Strategy and Analysis

PART TWO RECRUITMENT, PLACEMENT, AND TALENT MANAGEMENT

4 Job Analysis and the Talent Management Process
5 Personnel Planning and Recruiting
6 Employee Testing and Selection
7 Interviewing Candidates

PART THREE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

8 Training and Developing Employees
9 Performance Management and Appraisal
10 Managing Careers and Retention

PART FOUR COMPENSATION

11 Establishing Strategic Pay Plans
12 Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives
13 Benefits and Services

PART FIVE ENRICHMENT TOPICS IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

14 Building Positive Employee Relations
15 Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
16 Safety, Health, and Risk Management
17 Managing Global Human Resources
18 Managing Human Resources in Small and Entrepreneurial Firms