Human Resource Management - H. John Bernardin

Human resource management concerns the personnel policies and managerial practices and systemss that influence the workforce.

The text provides the conceptual background and content necessary to understand the relevant issues in HRM, along with individual and group exercises that require the application of the chapter content to specific problems designed to develop critical personal competencies.


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Human Resource Management: An Experiential Approach (SIE), 4/e
Copyright year: 2007

H. John Bernardin, Florida Atlantic University


The text focuses on enhancement of personal competencies while providing a theoretical and experiential approach to the study of HRM. The author provides the conceptual background and content necessary to understand the relevant issues in HRM, along with individual and group exercises that require the application of the chapter content to specific problems designed to develop critical personal competencies.
Students "learn by doing" by participating in experiential exercises that require the application of HR knowledge expected of practicing managers and HR generalists.
New content includes: latest research on expatriates, equal employment opportunity laws, internet recruiting, gender wage differences, social security and pensions.

About The Author

H. John Bernardin is University Research Professor and the Adams Professor of Management in the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. He earned his Ph.D in industrial/organizational psychology from Bowling Green State University and is the former director of doctoral studies in I/O psychology at Virginia Tech. He is past Chair of the Division of Personnel/Human Resources of The Academy of Management.  He is the author of six books and over 100 articles related to human resource management.


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Table of Contents




PART I - Human Resource Management and the Environment

Strategic Human Resource Management in a Changing Environment
The Role of Globalization in HR Policy and Practice
The Legal Environment of HRM: Equal Employment Opportunity

PART II - Acquiring Human Resource Capability

Work Analysis and Design
Human Resource Planning and Recruitment
Personnel Selection

PART III - Developing Human Resource Capability

Performance Management and Appraisal
Training and Development
Career Development

PART IV - Compensating and Managing Human Resources

Compensation: Base Pay and Fringe Benefits
Pay for Performance
Managing the Employment Relationship
Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
Employee Health and Safety

Appendix A Critical Thinking Applications

Appendix B Chapter Exercises

Appendix C Assessment Guidelines for Self, Peer, and Designated Assessors

Endnotes

Indexes

Revision Articles for  Chapters

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PART I - Human Resource Management and the Environment

1. Strategic Human Resource Management in a Changing Environment
2. The Role of Globalization in HR Policy and Practice
3. The Legal Environment of HRM: Equal Employment Opportunity

PART II - Acquiring Human Resource Capability

1. Work Analysis and Design
2. Human Resource Planning and Recruitment
3. Personnel Selection

PART III - Developing Human Resource Capability

1. Performance Management and Appraisal
2. Training and Development
3. Career Development

PART IV - Compensating and Managing Human Resources

1. Compensation: Base Pay and Fringe Benefits
2. Pay for Performance
3. Managing the Employment Relationship
4. Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
5. Employee Health and Safety

References (Sources)

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