This text covers a vital niche in the market, bringing very important cutting-edge HR thinking together in one text. The treatment of topics in this edition clearly corresponds to the unit standards required in teaching such a course. the "contemporariness" of the issues in this edition have changed to stay abreast of hot topics now under scrutiny in the field. These topics include talent management, change management, strategic human resources and labour law issues pertinent to the South African market. The text contains both international and South African perspectives.