Includes Glossary and Index.

Contents: Human resource management: gaining a competitive advantage -- The human resource environment: Strategic human resource management -- The legal environment: equal employment opportunity and safety -- The analysis and design of work -- Acquisition and preparation of human resources: Human resource planning and recruitment -- Selection and placement -- Training -- Assessment and development of HRM: Performance management -- Employee development -- Employee and separation and retention -- Compensation of human resources: Pay structure decisions -- Recognizing employee contributions with pay -- Employee benefits -- Special tropics in human resource management: Collective bargaining and labor relations -- Managing human resources globally -- Strategically managing the HRM function --