Modern Human Relations at Work

The original intent of the book remains paramount: to provide an up-to-date textbook for readers who are novices in the area of human relations or for practitioners with little formal training in the subject. This edition examines the most interesting human relations developments of the early millennium. Many of these issues, while not found in other human relations textbooks, relate to current topics discussed in today's newspapers and magazines.

Dr. Richard M. Hodgetts (1942-2001) was the Suntrust Professor of Strategic Management at Florida International University (FIU). He had earned a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma, an M.B.A. from Indiana University, and a B.S. from New York University. Dr. Hodgetts published more than 125 articles and papers on a variety of topics ranging from entrepreneurship to strategic management to total quality management. His articles appeared in a host of journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Organizational Dynamics, Business Horizons, Personnel, Personnel Journal, and the Journal of Small Business Management. He was also the author or coauthor of 49 books. Some of the most recent include International Business, International Management, Modern Human Relations at Work, Measures of Quality and High Performance, and Effective Small Business Management, Seventh Edition, which he wrote with Dr. Kuratko. Dr. Hodgetts consulted for a number of Fortune 500 firms and provided training for a wide variety of companies, including AT&T Technologies, Delco Electronics, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, IBM, Motorola, Texas Instruments, and Wal-Mart. He also lectured in Mexico, Venezula, Peru, Chile, Jamaica, Trinidad, Denmark, Kuwait, and at a host of U.S. colleges and universities. Professor Hodgetts was a Fellow of the Academy of Management and a past member of the Academy’s Board of Governors. He served on three academic review boards and wrote a biweekly column on small business and entrepreneurship in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel.