A Framework for Human Resource Management - Softcover

Dessler, Gary

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Synopsis

Dessler’s book is written with the general manager in mind who wants to understand fundamental HR practices, methods, topics and relevant legal findings that would be helpful in making future HR decisions and solving multi-faceted problems. Topics include personnel planning and recruitment, training and developing employees, performance management and appraisal, compensation, and corporate ethics. Intended for practicing human resource and line managers who want to update their HR skills.

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What's Inside . . .

A Framework for Human Resource Management, Third Edition, provides students and practicing managers with a brief and lucid 10-chapter review of the central HR management concepts and techniques in a highly readable and understandable form.

New "strategy openers" illustrate how each chapter's material relates to a company's strategic plan, and a new "HR framework" in each chapter summarizes the role of that chapter's material in the human resource management process.

New and additional end-of-chapter cases provide additional opportunities for classroom analysis and discussions of HR management concepts and techniques.

A new global HR management appendix provides an intense review of managing HR in a global enterprise.

About the Author

Gary Dessler has degrees from New York University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Baruch School of Business of the City University of New York. Dr. Dessler’s best-selling Human Resource Management is also available in more than 10 languages including Russian and Chinese. Dessler’s other books include Framework for Human Resource Management, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, Managing Now, Management: Modern Principles and Practices for Tomorrow’s Leaders, and Winning Commitment: How to Build and Keep a Competitive Workforce. He has published articles on employee commitment, leadership, supervision, and quality improvement in journals including the Academy of Management Executive, SAM Advanced Management Journal, Supervision, Personnel Journal, and International Journal of Service Management. As a Founding Professor at Florida International University, Dessler served for many years in its College of Business as Professor of Business, Associate Dean, and Chairman of the Management and International Business department, teaching courses in human resource management, strategic management, and management. For the past few years, Dessler has focused on his research and textbook writing, and on giving lectures, seminars, and courses in Asia and around the world on topics including strategic management, modern human resource management, evidence-based human resource management, and talent management.

 

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