Includes bibliographical references and index.

Managing human resources today -- Managing equal opportunity and diversity -- Strategic human resource management -- Staffing the organization -- Personnel planning and recruiting -- Selecting employees -- Training and developing employees -- Appraising and compensating employees -- Performance management and appraisal -- Compensating employees -- Employee and labor relations -- Ethics, employee rights, and fair treatment at work -- Working with unions and resolving disputes -- Improving occupational safety, health, and security -- Special issues in human resource management -- Managing human resources in entrepreneurial firms -- Managing hr globally -- Building high-performance work systems and improving results.