Managing human resources : A partnership perspective

Managing Human Resources : A Partnership Perspective. the Ed. offers comprehensive coverage of the latest research findings along with numerous practical examples. Several features in this edition illustrate how organizations have benefited from following sound principles of human resource management: Chapter openers highlight the principle of managing through partnership. Using real-life examples, each opener illustrates how HR professionals, managers, and other employees can work together to enhance organizational effectiveness. Throughout the chapters, boxed inserts focus students' attention of five overarching challenges for human resource management: managing strategically;managing teams;managing diversity;managing globalization and managing change. The boxed inserts illustrate how organizations use specific HR practices (e.g. recruitment, performance management. compensation, and rewards) to address these challenges. Internet-based projects to extend learning engage students in further investigation of issues related to managing these challenges at the end of each chapter. Three comprehensive cases appear at the end of the text:The Lincoln Electric Company, Southwest Airlines, and Aid Association for Lutherans. These cases can be used to illustrate how specific HR practices fit together to form an integrated management system. Question at the end of each chapter encourage students to compare the alternative approaches represented by these three organizations.