This book focuses on human resource issues and how HR is a key component of any company’s overall corporate strategy. The approach it takes to teach human resource management involves engaging students in learning through the use of real-world examples and best practices, focusing them on important HR issues and concepts, and applying what they have learned through chapter features and end-of-chapter exercises and cases. Salient Features: 1) Updated Content and Real-Life Examples: Various content changes are made to include the important HR trends and topics, such as current workforce statistics; discussions on sexual harassment, including the #MeToo movement; trends affecting labor demand today with advanced technologies like robots, 3D printing and artificial intelligence. 2) Video Conversations with Chief HR Officers (CHROs): Created by the Center for Executive Succession at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, video conversations with CHROs from top organizations such as Accenture, Bank of America, Boeing, GE, HP, Merck, and others are tied in to pertinent chapters. 3) HR Analytics & Decision Making: These new features throughout the book highlight an evidence-based approach to HR management and focus on people, employees, and human capital. 4) Self-Assessment Exercises: Appearing at the end of the chapter, these exercises help students gather information about themselves as it relates to topics covered in each chapter.
