Human resource management : an experiential approach / H. John Bernardin.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Human Resource Management, Fifth Edition, focuses on the enhancement of personal competencies while providing a theoretical and experiential approach to the study of human resource management (HRM). John Bernardin provides the conceptual background and content necessary to understand the relevant issues in HRM, along with individual and group exercises that require the application of chapter content to specific problems designed to develop critical personal competencies. Students learn by doing by participating in experiential exercises that require the application of HRM knowledge expected of practicing managers and HR generalists.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part I Human Resource Management and the Environment
• Chapter 1 Strategic Human Resource Management in a Changing Environment
• Chapter 2 The Role of Globalization in HR Policy and Practice
• Chapter 3 The Legal Environment of HRM: Equal Employment Opportunity
• Part II Acquiring Human Resource Capability
• Chapter 4 Work Analysis and Design
• Chapter 5 Human Resource Planning and Recruitment
• Chapter 6 Personnel Selection
• Part III Developing Human Resource Capability
• Chapter 7 Performance Management and Appraisal
• Chapter 8 Training and Development
• Chapter 9 Career Development
• Part IV Compensating and Managing Human Resources
• Chapter 10 Compensation: Base Pay and Fringe Benefits
• Chapter 11 Rewarding Performance
• Chapter 12 Managing the Employment Relationship
• Chapter 13 Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
• Chapter 14 Employee Health and Safety
• Appendix A Critical Thinking Applications
• Appendix B Chapter Exercises
• Appendix C Assessment Guidelines for Self, Peer, and Designated Assessors