Human Resource Management
Gaining a Competitive Advantage
2nd Edition
Published on 1. June 1997
Book
Hardback
750 pages
978-0-256-20810-8 (ISBN)
Description
The authors of this text present the view that effective management of human resources is necessary to gain a compettitve advantage. The four challenges that they face are the global challenge, the quality challenge, the social challenge and the high performance work challenge. This text provides students with the technical background needed to be a successful HR professional. The text also emphasizes how managers can more effectively acquire, develop, compensate and manage the internal and external environment that relates to the management of human resources.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.)
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
1440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-256-20810-8 (9780256208108)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Environment for HR; human resources management - gaining a competitive advantage; strategic human resources management; global issues in L.R.M.; the legal environment and the equal employment opportunity environment; ethical employee relations; assessing work and work outcome; the analysis and design of work; performance management; work attitudes and job withdrawal; acquiring resources; human resource planning; job choice and recruitment of human resource; personnel selection and placement; developing human resources; training and socialization; employee development; career management; compensating human resources; pay structure decisions; recgonizing individual contributions with pay; employee benefits; special topics in HRM; labour management relations; increasing the effectiveness of HR practices through the use of technology.