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Human resources management : perspectives, context, functions, and outcomes / edited by Gerald R. Ferris, M. Ronald Buckley, Donald B. Fedor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c2002.Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xii, 644 p. cm. ; 24 cm.ISBN:
  • 9780130608543
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF5549 .H8735 2002
Contents:
I. THE FIELD OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — Overview of Human Resources Management — Perspectives on Human Resources Management — II. THE EXTERNAL CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — The Contemporary Legal Environment — The Labor Market and the Changing Workforce — III. FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — Human Resources Planning and Staffing — Performance Evaluation and Management — Compensation and Reward Systems — Human Resources Development — IV. THE INTERNAL CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — Labor Relations in Contemporary Work Environments — Rights, Responsibilities, Values, and Ethics — Organization Culture and Change — Work Environment Stressors, Support, Safety, and Health — V. OUTCOMES OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT — Employee Attitudes — Organizational Exit — Performance and Effectiveness — Index.
Summary: A core text for undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Personnel and Human Resources Management or a supplement to other conventional texts. This collection of 60 current readings explores the important contemporary perspectives and issues in the field of human resources management-from a decidedly applied, rather than scholarly, orientation. The readings include a mix of recently published articles from journals in the field, along with many articles written specifically for the text.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. THE FIELD OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
— Overview of Human Resources Management
— Perspectives on Human Resources Management

— II. THE EXTERNAL CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
— The Contemporary Legal Environment
— The Labor Market and the Changing Workforce

— III. FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
— Human Resources Planning and Staffing
— Performance Evaluation and Management
— Compensation and Reward Systems
— Human Resources Development

— IV. THE INTERNAL CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
— Labor Relations in Contemporary Work Environments
— Rights, Responsibilities, Values, and Ethics
— Organization Culture and Change
— Work Environment Stressors, Support, Safety, and Health

— V. OUTCOMES OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
— Employee Attitudes
— Organizational Exit
— Performance and Effectiveness

— Index.

A core text for undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Personnel and Human Resources Management or a supplement to other conventional texts. This collection of 60 current readings explores the important contemporary perspectives and issues in the field of human resources management-from a decidedly applied, rather than scholarly, orientation. The readings include a mix of recently published articles from journals in the field, along with many articles written specifically for the text.

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