Human Resources Management: Perspectives, Context, Functions, and Outcomes

By Gerald R. Ferris

A core text for undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Personnel and Human Resources Management or a supplement to other conventional texts. This collection of 60 current readings explores the important contemporary perspectives and issues in the field of human resources management - from a decidedly applied, rather than scholarly, orientation. The readings include a mix of recently published articles from journals in the field, along with many articles written specifically for the text. *NEW- All new/updated articles. Including 35 prepared especially for this edition. - Provides views not only from the contemporary human resources press, but from top scholars in the field of HRM. *NEW- New chapters reflecting contemporary issues. Addresses such issues as corporate culture, values, employee rights and responsibilities, ethics, the nature of the changing employment relationship, mergers and acquisitions, and employee cynicism, and how such factors influence the practice of HRM. - Exposes both students and instructors to the multitude of issues confronting human resources management today and in the future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130608548
• ISBN13: 9780130608543
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Length: 644 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.8"