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Human Resource Management : Essential Perspectives

ISBN: 9780324002072 | 0324002076
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Pub. Date: 6/10/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
This text presents an overview of human resource management in a concise, easy-to-use, moderately priced format. For the student, this essentials text provides an opportunity to "wade" before diving into the HRM mainstream. It is designed for markets that require focused coverage of only the most important HR topics (i.e. 4-year colleges that teach HR management in an accelerated one-quarter course, corporate and government training programs/departments, community colleges, HR certification programs).
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Prefacevii
CHAPTER ONE Strategic Human Resource Management and Planning
1(18)
HR Management and Competitive Advantage
1(2)
The Current Environment of HR Management
3(4)
HR Management Activities
7(2)
Organizing the HR Unit
9(2)
Organizational Strategy and HR Planning
11(2)
Internal Analysis of Jobs and People
13(1)
Forecasting
14(1)
Managing a Human Resource Surplus
15(1)
Evaluating HR Planning
16(1)
HR Management as a Career Field
17(2)
CHAPTER TWO Organizational Success and HR Management Effectiveness
19(19)
The Psychological Contract
20(1)
Individuals and Jobs
21(3)
Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment
24(1)
Absenteeism
25(1)
Turnover
26(1)
Organizational Productivity, Quality, and Service
27(3)
HR Management Effectiveness
30(3)
Assessing HR Effectiveness
33(5)
CHAPTER THREE Equal Employment
38(19)
Diversity
38(3)
Equal Employment Opportunity
41(1)
Affirmative Action
42(1)
Interpretations of EEO Laws and Regulations
42(2)
Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991
44(1)
Enforcement Agencies
45(1)
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
45(2)
Validity and Equal Employment
47(1)
Sex Discrimination
48(2)
Age Discrimination
50(1)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
51(2)
Other Bases of Discrimination
53(1)
EEO Compliance
54(1)
Affirmative Action Plans (AAPs)
55(2)
CHAPTER FOUR Job Analysis
57(13)
Nature of Job Analysis
57(2)
Legal Aspects of Job Analysis
59(1)
Job Analysis and Other HR Activities
60(2)
Job Analysis Methods
62(2)
The Job Analysis Process
64(2)
Job Descriptions and Job Specifications
66(4)
CHAPTER FIVE Staffing
70(14)
Strategic Approach to Recruiting
70(3)
The Recruiting Process
73(3)
Nature of Selection
76(1)
The Selection Process
77(7)
CHAPTER SIX Training and Development
84(14)
Orientation: A Special Kind of Training
85(2)
Nature of Training
87(2)
The Psychology of Learning
89(1)
Human Resource Development
90(4)
Careers
94(4)
CHAPTER SEVEN Appraising Performance
98(13)
Monitoring and Measuring Performance
99(1)
Performance Appraisal
100(2)
Who Conducts Appraisal?
102(2)
Methods for Appraising Performance
104(3)
Rater Errors
107(1)
The Appraisal Feedback Interview
108(1)
Performance Appraisals and the Law
109(2)
CHAPTER EIGHT Compensation
111(17)
Basic Compensation Considerations
111(1)
Strategic Compensation
112(2)
Compensation Strategies and Objectives
114(1)
Legal Constraints on Pay Systems
115(4)
Wage and Salary Administration
119(1)
Development of a Base Pay System
120(4)
Individual Pay
124(1)
Executive Compensation
125(3)
CHAPTER NINE Incentives and Benefits
128(14)
Incentives
128(2)
Individual Incentives
130(1)
Team-Based Incentives
131(1)
Organizational Incentives
132(1)
Benefits
133(2)
Health-Care Benefits
135(1)
Retirement Benefits
136(1)
Other Benefits
137(1)
Time-Off Benefits
138(1)
Benefits Administration
139(3)
CHAPTER TEN Employee Relations
142(16)
Occupational Safety and Health
142(3)
Safety Management
145(3)
Health
148(2)
Security
150(1)
Employee Rights
151(2)
HR Policies, Procedures, and Rules
153(2)
Employee Discipline
155(3)
CHAPTER ELEVEN Union-Management Relations
158(12)
Nature of Union-Management Relations
158(2)
The "National Labor Code"
160(2)
The Unionization Process
162(1)
Nature of Collective Bargaining
163(2)
Process of Collective Bargaining
165(2)
Grievance Management
167(1)
Grievance Procedures
168(2)
CHAPTER TWELVE Global HR Management
170(10)
Global Factors Influencing HR Management
170(2)
Types of Global Organizations
172(1)
International Staffing and Selection
173(2)
International Training and Development
175(1)
International Compensation
176(1)
Global Employee and Labor Relations
177(3)
Appendix A Current Literature in HR Management180(3)
Appendix B Important Organizations in HR Management183(4)
Appendix C Guidelines to Lawful and Unlawful Preemployment Inquiries187(3)
Appendix D HRCI Certification and Content Outline of the HR Body of Knowledge190(7)
Glossary197(8)
Index205

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