Fundamentals of
Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications, and Skill Development, Third Edition helps students of all majors build the skills they need to recruit, select, train, and develop people. Bestselling authors Robert N. Lussier and John R. Hendon explore the important strategic function HR plays in today′s organizations. A wide variety of applications, online self-assessments, and experiential exercises keep students engaged and help them see the relevancy of HR as they learn skills they can use in their personal and professional lives. The Third Edition includes 13 new case studies and new coverage of virtual and flexible work resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-lasting effects the pandemic has had on women in the workforce, artificial intelligence use within HR, and diversity and inclusion.
Innehållsförteckning
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I: The Human Resource Management Environment
Chapter 1: Today’s Human Resource Management
Chapter 2: Strategic and Inclusive Human Resource Management
Chapter 3: The Legal Environment
Part II: Staffing
Chapter 4: Workforce Planning: Job Analysis, Design, and Employment Forecasting
Chapter 5: Recruiting Job Candidates
Chapter 6: Selecting New Employees
Part III: Developing and Managing
Chapter 7: Training, Learning, Talent Management, and Development
Chapter 8 Performance Management and Appraisal
Chapter 9 Employee Rights and Labor Relations
Part IV: Compensating
Chapter 10: Compensation Management
Chapter 11: Employee Incentives and Benefits
Part V: Protecting and Expanding Organizational Outreach
Chapter 12: Workplace Safety, Health, and Security
Chapter 13: Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainability
Chapter 14: Global Issues for Human Resource Managers
Glossary
Notes
Company Index
Subject Index
Om författaren
John R. Hendon is a seven-time entrepreneur and former director of operations for a $60 million company. He brought his experience and interests to the classroom full time in 1994 and has been a Management faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for over 17 years. An active member of the Society for Human Resource Management, he teaches in the areas of Human Resources Management, Strategy, and Organizational Management, and researches in a number of areas in the Management field, specializing in Entrepreneurial research. John is also currently the President of “The VMP Group, ” an Arkansas-based business consulting firm. John’s company consults with a variety of businesses on human resources, family business, strategic planning, organizational design, and leadership. He has provided professional assistance in the start-up and operation of dozens of Arkansas and California-based businesses and non-profits, government agencies, and utilities. John holds an MBA degree from San Diego State University and a BS in Education from the University of Central Arkansas.