Includes bibliographical references (p. 582-616) and indexes.

Content: Introduction: Meeting present and emerging strategic human resource challenges -- The contexts of human resource management: Managing work flows and conducting job analysis -- understanding equal opportunities and the legal environment -- Managing diversity -- Staffing: Recruiting and selecting employees -- Managing employee separations, downsizing, and outplacement -- Employee development: Appraising and managing performance -- Training the work force -- Developing careers -- Compensation: Managing compensation -- Rewarding performance -- Designing and administering benefits -- Governance: Developing employee relations -- Respecting employee right and managing discipline -- Working with organized labor -- Managing workplace safety and health -- International HRM challenge --