Human Resource Management (15th Edition)

Description

For courses in Management

Human Resource Management provides students with the daily tools and skills they need to function as successful managers–in both human resources and business in general. With a practical approach, the text explores the evolution of the field, highlighting the introduction of revolutionary new technologies and social media platforms such as LinkedIn and cloud computing.

The Fifteenth Edition focuses on the positive impacts technology has had on the HR field. The ability to vet potential employees on the Internet shifts more HR responsibilities to managers, leaving HR departments with more time to carry out strategic, long-term endeavors for boosting employee performance and engagement. With a heavy focus on emerging industry trends, the text prepares students with everything they need to be successful managers and HR personnel in the 21st century.

Key Features

A Student-Centric Approach to the Evolution of HR Management

 Engaging Pedagogical Features Introduce New Trends in the HR Field

• NEW! Trends Shaping HR features appear in each chapter to connect students with emerging technologies, social media sources, and sciences that help HR departments vet and pursue new talent, align company and employee goals, and more.
• NEW! The Strategic Context features are integrated with chapter openers to show how actual HR managers adjusted their actions to achieve company goals, relating new skills and technologies to the real world.
• NEW! Employee Engagement Guide for Managers features demonstrate how real managers use human resource activities to improve employee engagement.
• Improving Performance features present students with tangible management tools and practices that HR managers use to improve performance, with accompanying questions also available in Pearson MyLab Management .
  • Improving Performance: HR as a Profit Center features demonstrate how HR departments increase performance by reducing costs and boosting revenues.
  • Improving Performance: HR Tools for Line Managers and Small Businesses features offer specific tools that line managers and entrepreneurs can use when implementing HR tactics.
  • Improving Performance: HR Practice Around the Globe features take a global look at HR management, exploring the different tools used and challenges faced in departments around the world.
  • Improving HR through HRIS features demonstrate how HR leaders use technology to improve performance.

• Know Your Employment Law Box features list the practical implications of employment law that apply to chapter topics, such as those related to recruitment, selection, and training.
• Diversity Counts features provide tips and insights for managing a diverse workforce, dealing with issues such as gender bias in selection decisions, performance appraisal, and bonus plans.

 A Strategic Approach to Human Resources Allows Students to Apply Techniques to Real-Life Settings

• Fully Integrated Strategy Case and Strategy Maps provide the most comprehensive coverage of strategic human resource management in any HR survey text.
  • NEW! Chapters 1 and 3 introduce the concepts and techniques of human resource strategy.
  • NEW! The Hotel Paris Case is a continuing case study that appears in each chapter starting with chapter 3. It helps students connect with strategic human resource management by showing how a hotel company’s HR director creates policies and procedures that improve employee morale, and therefore its services, to achieve business goals.
    • NEW! A Hotel Paris Case Strategy Map in the back of the book helps students understand the hotel’s decisions step by step.
    • NEW! Eiffel Tower Callouts in every chapter remind students to relate what they’ve learned back to the case study.

 Coverage of SHRM Topics Prepares Students for the Certification Exam

• UPDATED! Chapter 14: Building Positive Employee Relations covers this topic more comprehensively to prepare students for the SHRM exam.

 Chapter Content Keeps Up-to-date with the Latest Trends in HR

• UPDATED! Chapter 10: Managing Careers focuses more on career management practices and employee retention techniques than previous editions based on the addition of a new Employee Engagement Guide for Managers feature in most chapters.
• NEW! Information on HR’s increasing responsibility to implement company-wide sustainability efforts is covered throughout the text.