A Framework for Human Resource Management: International Edition - Softcover

Gary Dessler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013713598X ISBN 13: 9780137135981

Publisher: Pearson Education, 2008

Synopsis

For undergraduate and graduate courses in human resource management. Desslers book is written for 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 management problems.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This book offers select, condensed, and thoroughly updated coverage rewritten from the authors' best-selling “big” book (I>Human Resource Management, 8/E. Chapter topics include managing human resources today, managing equal opportunity and diversity, personnel planning and recruitment, testing and selecting employees, training and developing employees, appraising performance, compensating employees, managing labor relations and collective bargaining, managing careers and fair treatment, and protecting safety and health. For use in organizations' brief training courses on executive development.

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.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013713598X
• ISBN 13: 9780137135981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336