Includes indexes.

Contents: 1. Introduction to human resource management and the environment: Human resource management -- A strategic approach to human resource management -- Legal environment of human resource management: equal employment opportunity -- Global human resource management -- 2. Acquiring human resources: Human resource planning -- Job analysis and design -- Recruitment -- Selecting effective employees -- 3. Rewarding human resources: Performance evaluation and management -- Compensation: an overview -- Compensation: methods and policies -- Employee benefits and services -- 4. Developing human resources: Training and development -- Career planning and development -- 5. Labor-management relations and promoting safety and health: Labor relations and collective bargaining -- Managing employee discipline -- Promoting safety and health --