About the Book This text, the #1 HRM book in the market, provides a comprehensive review of human resource management concepts and practices. It has a very practical approach and a new more strategic focus in each chapter. This text focuses on Human Resource Management as the responsibility of every manager. Fostering employee commitment is used as an integrating theme. Besides, three other factors - Human Resource and the Responsive Organization, Global HRM, and Small Business Applications - are intertwined throughout the text. New 'box-features' include "Diversity Counts" and "Information Technology and HR". Features NEW - Emphasis on the strategic role of HR throughout??????????????????Includes chapter-beginning Strategic Overview features shows real firms (large, well-known companies and small to medium size operations) facing strategic challenges, suggests HR's possible role, and then shows what the firm actually did. NEW - HR. NET features??????????????????i.e., Using the Internet to Boost Diversity; Recruiting Online; GE's Technology-Based Training; Telecommuting; and Managing 401K Plans Online. NEW - A running case throughout the text ?????????????????? LearninMotion.com appears at the end of each chapter. NEW - THE NEW WORKPLACE features??????????????????Familiarizes students with issues in diversity and global HR management, and supplies them with examples and tips for managing diversity. NEW - Revised and expanded chapter on international HR practices - Provides in-depth coverage of the international aspects of HR selection, training, compensation management, inter-country differences in personnel laws and requirements, and more. NEW - Strengthened and revised chapter-end cases and exercises??????????????????Includes discussion questions; individual and group activities; experiential exercises; and two types of cases. Contents The Strategic Role of Human Resource Management. Equal Opportunity and the Law. Job Analysis. Personnel Planning and Recruiting. Employee Testing and Selection. Interviewing Candidates. Training and Developing Employees. Managing Strategic Organizational Renewal. Appraising and Managing Performance. Managing Careers and Fair Treatment. Establishing Strategic Pay Plans. Pay-for-Performance and Financial Incentives. Benefits and Services. Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining. Employee Safety and Health. Managing Global Human Resources.