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Managementlenging questions. For the busy instructor, Human Resources Onlineincludes password-protected teaching notes that provide insights andanswers to each question.• Internet applications within the text are enhanced with the newHROnline and Business Around the World, which links directly to theleading HR magazines and professional sources. In addition, the coverageof Internet resources continues to be an important topic in this newedition. Each chapter is linked to Internet resources and include wwwaddresses with strong student appeal.• An emphasis on managerial responsibilities and actions pertainingto HRM activities is woven throughout the content and chapter elements,making the text relevant to general managers as well as humanresource majors.• Key themes have been integrated in the content and pedagogicalelements of each chapter: managing diversity, legal issues of HRM,productivity growth, globalization, impact of technology, embeddednature of TQM, strategically managing HRM, enhancing employeeskills, changing nature of work, and current examples.• Author Ivancevich uses “Legal Practical Alerts” in each chapter to citebrief legal points, cases, or facts that enhance student understanding ofthese important issues in HRM.• Each of the five parts uses a video case and discussion questions tointegrate material relevant to the participation section of the book.CONTENTSPreface. PART ONE Introduction to Human Resource Managementand the Environment. 1 Human Resource Management. 2 A StrategicManagement Approach to Human Resource Management. 3 EqualEmployment Opportunity: Legal Aspects of Human Resource Management.4 Global Human Resource Management. PART TWO AcquiringHuman Resources. 5 Human Resource Planning and Alignment. 6 JobAnalysis and Design. 7 Recruitment. 8 Selection. PART THREE RewardingHuman Resources. 9 Performance Evaluation and Management. 10Compensation: An Overview. 11 Compensation: Methods and Policies.12 Employee Benefits and Services. PART FOUR Developing HumanResources. 13 Training and Development. 14 Career Planning andDevelopment. PART FIVE 15 Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining.16 Managing Employee Discipline. 17 Promoting Safety and Health.APPENDIXES. GLOSSARY. INDEXESNEWHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ANINTERNATIONAL CONTEXTBy Rosemary Elizabeth Lucas, Hamish Mathieson and BenjaminLupton2007 (January 2007) / 450 pagesISBN-13: 978-1-843-98109-1 / MHID: 1-843-98109-2McGraw-Hill UK TitleHuman Resource Management in Organisations identifies anddiscusses key developments within a variety of organisationsincluding the public sector, privatised utilities, Small MediumEnterprises and the not-for-profit sectors, and looks at HumanResource Management within an organisational context. Thistext is designed to cater for students taking an international HRMmodule or learning about HRM in an international context.Written primarily for MBA students and Master students onHRM or business programmes, the text gives a basic groundingin Human Resource theory and practice, and assists managersin managing their people more effectively.FEATURES• With the use of practical, real life case studies, this text providesstudents with a sound understanding of the theoretical approaches tothe management of people together with an appreciation of their applicationwithin different organisational contexts.• Designed to cater for students studying a Human Resource Managementmodule on undergraduate programmes, or postgraduateprogrammes as part of an HRM or business degree programme, itis also suitable for students taking the CIPD Managing and LeadingPeople module.• Combines HRM as the core subject area and OB in one book topresent the subjects as an integrated subject area.• Offer a critical perspective to OB and HRM issues.• Offers strong pedagogical guidance to aid student learningCONTENTSIntroduction Part 1: The Changing Context of Employment: Thechanging world of work / Managing strategic organisational change/ The link between people and organisational performance / Part 2:The Organisational Architecture of High Performance: People withinorganisations--identifying, attracting and building ability / Resourcing theorganisation / Developing ability / Motivating ability for high performance/ Managing and rewarding performance at work / Providing theopportunity for high performance / Part 3: Optimising and sustaininghigh performance: Leadership / The HR challengeInternational EditionNEWFUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN RESOURCEMANAGEMENT2nd EditionBy Raymond Andrew Noe, Ohio State University, John R. Hollenbeck,Michigan State University—East Lansing, Barry Gerhart,University of Wisconsin — Madison and Patrick M. Wright, CornellUniversity—Ithaca2007 (December 2005)ISBN-13: 978-0-07-325794-5 / MHID: 0-07-325794-X(with OLC Code Card)ISBN-13: 978-0-07-110855-3 / MHID: 0-07-110855-6 [IE with OLC]Website: http://www.mhhe.com/noefund2eFundamentals of Human Resource Management, by Noe, Hollenbeck,Gerhart and Wright is specifically written to provide acomplete introduction to human resource management. Whileit doesn’t cover the depths of human resource managementtheory, the book is rich with examples and engages studentsthrough application. Fundamentals differs from the hardbacktextbook by the same author team. Instead of a higher levelof theory that’s geared towards the HRM majors, this bookfocuses on the uses of human resources for the general businessmanager. Issues such as strategy are reduced to give agreater focus on how human resources management is used inthe everyday work environment. It provides students with thebackground necessary to manage human resources effectivelyand to be able to distinguish good from poor human resourcemanagement practices and how they impact business. Instructorsare provided with a robust ancillary package that includesa comprehensive instructor’s manual, test bank, PowerPointpresentation and a complete Online Learning Center to makecourse preparation easy.70HED 2007 Management.indd 7010/5/2006 1:24:18 PM