Human Resource Management
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 9th Edition
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WileyPLUS Helps Students Reach Their Full Potential

WileyPLUS provides everything needed to create an environment where students can reach their full potential and experience the exhilaration of academic success.

Contents
PART 1 UNDERSTANDING HRM. 
PART 2 THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONTEXT OF HRM.
PART 3 STAFFING THE ORGANIZATION.
PART 4 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.
PART 5 MAINTAINING HIGH PERFORMANCE. 
PART 6 LABOR-MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTS.

The Handbook of Model Job Descriptions
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The Handbook of Model Job Descriptions provides hundreds of job descriptions, skills and competencies for HR professionals and managers to use and adapt when recruiting.

The Handbook of Model Job Descriptions offers a unique time-saving approach in the form of a ‘job description builder’ which allows you to select featured job elements and build a complete and well-structured job description. Divided into two parts, the first enables quick and easy assembly and personalization of any job description, across a wide range of sectors such as administration and management, finance and accountancy, and human resources. Part Two allows you to select from hundreds of job elements, such as providing care and guidance, client relations, and project management.

This edition provides online access to each job description so you can personalize them to suit your own circumstances, saving hours of valuable time.

Handbook of Human Resources Management in Government, 2nd Edition
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In this thoroughly updated edition of a classic reference, Stephen E. Condrey brings together leading experts in public administration and HR management to detail how you can:

Move beyond your often limited problem-solving role as an HR manager and demonstrate how you can play a more strategic role in your organization.
Deal with crucial issues such as diversity, EEO regulations and other legal issues, compensation, sexual harassment, and performance appraisal.
Expand your ability to maximize productivity, efficiency, and employee satisfaction.
Develop budgets, use volunteers, and employ consultants.
Also included with purchase is a free supplemental on-line Instructor's Manual.

irs Best Practice in HR
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This handbook provides HR professionals with a comprehensive desktop reference guide to best practice. It draws on new and exciting IRS research, surveys and case studies and has been written in a practical way making full use of checklists and examples. Providing best-practice guidelines from named organizations, this new handbook is designed to show you how to approach a wide range of HR and related areas. The handbook also gives you compliance material in an easy-to-use format, clarifying what the law requires.

Audience
HR Professionals & Consultants;CEO's of SME companies.

Contents
1. Filing your vacancies 2. Cost-effective selection 3. Using electronic media effectively 4. Checking candidates? backgrounds 5. Induction, training and development 6. Pay, benefits and other terms and conditions 7. Retaining the best staff 8. Employee involvement and representation 9. Equal opportunities and diversity 10. Managing performance – part one 11. Managing performance – part two 12. Attendance and absence 13. Redundancy and transfers 14. The methods that IRS uses to obtain its findings about best practice

HRM Reality

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A real perspective
For undergraduate and graduate courses in Human Resources Management.  This book provides students with a set of articles that center on the real rather than the conceptual aspects of HRM. The authors of the text give students an interesting and relevant perspective that conventional textbooks do not. This second edition contains extensive changes, offering materials which reflect contemporary reality.

Contemporary Human Resource Management
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Text and Cases
The book is divided into two parts; the first part, Fundamentals of HRM, provides an analysis of the core elements of HR practice, whilst the second part, Contemporary Themes and Issues addresses key areas of rising importance in HRM practice.  Each chapter provides a critical review of the topic bringing together theoretical and empirical material in a clear and engaging manner. The emphasis is on analysis and insight, but at the same time the authors look at the implications of HRM research and theory development for practice.  Each chapter is accompanied by a combination of case studies, role-plays and exercises for students.  Contemporary Human Resource Management is aimed at MBA and undergraduate students of business and management who are doing a course or module in HRM.

A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice

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Now in its tenth edition, this internationally best-selling text has been fully updated to incorporate new developments in human resource management policy and research.

 

Based on the latest HRM theory, A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice considers the HR function in relation to the needs of the business as a whole. Thoroughly updated in the light of current best practice and drawing on new research, the handbook presents in-depth coverage of:

  • managing people;
  • performance management;
  • HRM processes;
  • human resource development;
  • work and employment;
  • rewarding people;
  • organizational behaviour;
  • employee relations;
  • organization, design and development;
  • health, safety and welfare;
  • people resourcing;
  • employment and HRM services.

The book also now includes sections on human capital management, the role of the front-line manager, developing and implementing HR strategies, and learning and development.

Leadership and Management for HR Professionals
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This is a new and completely revised edition of the successful text published in 2000 entitled Core Management. The book provides excellent coverage of the CIPD syllabus for three core areas of the CIPD syllabus. New end of chapter website links are included. The text is written in an easy-to-read style and each chapter is linked to other relevant parts of the book.

Managing and Leading People
- High performance organizations; Individual differences; Leadership and motivation at work; People management;

Managing for Results
- Managerial work; Organizations and change; Customer relations; Quality and continuous improvement;

Managing in a Strategic Business Context
- The competitive environment; Corporate strategy; Globalization; Government policy; Demographic and social trends; Regulation; The technological context; Social responsibility and business ethics; Appendix 1; How the book and the CIPD standards link together; Appendix 2; Exam questions

Managing Risk: The HR Contribution

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This handbook is a one-stop guide that sets out a strategic approach for understanding and managing HR risks.
Managing Risk: The HR Contribution will enable the user to understand how managing HR risks will benefit their organisation. It will also assist the user to put into place a practical strategy for managing risks associated with employees from recruitment through to the close of the employee/employer relationship. This book will be of particular interest to organisations looking for a strategic, integrated approach linked to business risk management and corporate governance.

Ultimate Performance: Measuring Human Resources at Work
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Meeting the challenges of high-performance HR

Until 1760 ships routinely disappeared, ran aground, or sank because seafarers could not measure longitude. The cost in life and property was immense. Today, business faces a similar challenge, as the failure to measure human resources performance is just as costly and deadly to modern organizations.

Senior executives once considered HR a "soft," unavoidable cost of doing business, responsible for compensation, employee transactions, company functions, workforce problems, and legal issues. Three factors changed this perception: the significant impact of high-performance HR, the implications of poorly performing HR, and soaring HR operating expenses. These factors have led to an increased demand and focus on HR metrics.

Ultimate Performance approaches this challenge by providing clear, proven measurement solutions that will optimize the performance of people and businesses.

Hardcover
288 pages