Human Resources Management - Softcover

Wendell L. French

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395871328 ISBN 13: 9780395871324

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div, 1997

Synopsis

Ideal for management majors who plan to become HRM professionals, this highly accessible text presents a conceptual model of the field--placing HRM in the overall context of business management. Students gain a broad, practical understanding of how HRM policies affect the workplace from productivity, quality, and customer service to employee morale. French addresses timely issues changing the current role of HRM, including international topics, the Internet, emerging legal concerns, social responsibility, and performance appraisal.The text covers several new discussion points, including worldwide terrorism, white-collar unionization, office/factory romances, corporate universities, "cash balance" plans, peer-to-peer counseling, and religious harassment.Comprehensive cases cover recent developments and issues based on well-known sources such as "Business Week, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Ethics," and a number of related journals.

About this title

About the Author:

Wendell French, PhD Harvard University, is a retired professor of management and organization from the University of Washington. His fields of specialty are organizational development and human resource management, including team building, inter-group team building, and human resource policies. His consulting work focuses on participative approaches to organizational improvement, assessment of HRM programs, and management and supervisory development. He is the author of several books and has contributed to numerous business and professional journals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0395871328
• ISBN 13: 9780395871324
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 736