This brief yet lucid ten-chapter text provides students and practicing managers with a review of central human resource management concepts and techniques in a highly readable and understandable format. Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION.  1. Managing Human Resources Today.  2. Managing Equal Opportunity and Diversity. II. RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION.  3. Personnel Planning and Recruitment.  4. Testing and Selecting Employees. III. TRAINING, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, AND COMPENSATION.  5. Training and Developing Employees.  6. Performance Management and Appraisals.  7. Compensating Employees. IV. MANAGING EMPLOYEE RELATIONS.  8. Managing Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining.  9. Ethics and Fair Treatment in Human Resource Management. 10. Protecting Safety and Health. Module A: Managing HR Globally.