Managing Human Resources Sg - Softcover

Sherman; Bohlander; Snell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0538870788 ISBN 13: 9780538870788

Publisher: South Western Educational Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

This volume aims to help readers identify and deal with the opportunities and challenges facing human resource management. The fundamental ways that organizations and their human resource departments go about managing their people are emphasized. The text should enable students to view the issues and challenges of this field from the viewpoints of the employee, employer, and society.

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Review

PART 1: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN PERSPECTIVE. 1. The Challenge of Human Resources Management. 2. Equal Employment Opportunity and Human Resources Management. PART 2: MEETING HUMAN RESOURCES REQUIREMENTS. 3. Job Requirements and the Design of Organizations to Achieve Human Resources Productivity. 4. Human Resources Planning and Recruitment. 5. Selection. PART 3: DEVELOPING EFFECTIVENESS IN HUMAN RESOURCES. 6. Training and Development. 7. Career Development. 8. Appraising and Improving Performance. PART 4: IMPLEMENTING COMPENSATION AND SECURITY. 9. Managing Compensation. 10. Incentive Rewards. 11. Employee Benefits. 12. Safety and Health. PART 5: ENHANCING EMPLOYEE RELATIONS. 13. Employee Rights and Discipline. 14. The Dynamics of Labor Relations. 15. Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration. PART 6: EXPANDING HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT HORIZONS. 16. International Human Resources Management. 17. Creating High-Performance Work Systems. APPENDIX: Cases, Glossary, Name Index, Organization Index, Subject Index, Photo Credits.

About the Author

Scott A. Snell is the E. Thayer Bigelow Professor of Business Administration at Darden School of Business, where he teaches courses in Leadership and Strategic Management. Prior to joining the Darden faculty in 2007, Scott was professor and director of executive education at Cornell University's Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, and a professor of management in the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University. Scott's research focuses on strategic human resource management. He was recently listed among the top 150 most-cited scholars in the field of management. He has worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies in the United States and Europe to align investments in talent and strategic capability. Scott is co-author of four books: Managing Human Resources, Management: Leading and Collaborating in a Competitive World, M: Management and Managing People and Knowledge in Professional Service Firms. Scott has served on the boards of: the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation, the Academy of Management's Human Resource Division, the Human Resource Management Journal, the Academy of Management Journal, and the Academy of Management Review.

George Bohlander is Professor Emeritus of Management at Arizona State University, where he taught human resources and labor relations classes. He received six outstanding teaching awards, including the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award presented by the College of Business, and the ASU Parents Association Teaching Award given annually by the university. Dr. Bohlander has published more than 50 articles and monographs in professional and practitioner journals, such as National Productivity Review, HR Magazine, Employee Relations Law Journal, The Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector, and Labor Law Journal. He is also a consultant to public and private organizations and an active labor arbitrator. He received his M.B.A. from the University of Southern California and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: South Western Educational Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0538870788
• ISBN 13: 9780538870788
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English