Human resource management

Preface.
Part 1: INTRODUCTION-1. The Strategic Role of Human Resource Management. 2. Equal Opportunity and the Law.
Part 2: RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT-3. Job Analysis. 4. HR Planning and Recruiting. 5. Employee Testing and Selection. 6. Interviewing Candidates.
Part 3: TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT-7. Training and Developing Employees. 8. Managing Strategic Organizational Renewal. 9. Appraising and Managing Performance. 10. Managing Careers and Fair Treatment.
Part 4: COMPENSATION-11. Establishing Strategic Pay Plans. 12. Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives. 13. Benefits and Services.
Part 5: LABOR RELATIONS AND EMPLOYEE SECURITY-14. Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining. 15. Employee Safety and Health.
Part 6 GLOBAL HRM-16. Managing Global Human Resources. Notes. Glossary. Photo Credits. Name and Organization Index. Subject Index.

This ninth edition, building on its established reputation, provides a most complete and applied review of human resource management concepts, techniques, and practices in a highly readable and understandable form. Packed with practical applications, it shows vividly, with dozens of new examples, how managers use the Internet to improve their HR operations' functionality and efficiency.
The book essentially focuses on linking of HRM's role with the firm's strategic goals and objectives in order to improve business performance and develop organizational cultures that foster innovation and flexibility. Chapter-opening vignettes present brief profiles of actual businesses emphasizing the strategic role of HR in achieving high performance within each organization. Strategy and HR features in the chapters then demonstrate to students what HR actually did. This learning approach helps in developing a strong, valuable foundation in human resource management for success in real life as a manager.
Strategic Overview-at the beginning of each chapter depicts a real firm facing strategic challenges and suggests HR's possible role.
HR.NET-demonstrates how managers use the Web to improve HR functions.
The New Workplace-highlights issues in diversity and global HR management, and gives examples and tips for managing diversity.
High-performance Insights-show how firms use modern HR practices to build better, faster and more competitive organizations.
Tying It All Together-concludes each chapter with a brief description of what preceded and what follows that chapter.
Webnotes-use actual screen shots to illustrate the many ways in which HR managers use the Internet to carry out basic HR functions.
LearninMotion.com-A running case that appears at the end of each chapter and gives students an opportunity to solve the problems faced by a dot.com startup.
A powerful companion web site www.prenhall.com/dessler offers support in the form of chapter-specific current events, Internet exercises, online study guide, and downloadable supplements.