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Human Resource Management An Experiential Approach

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ISBN-10: 0130177881

ISBN-13: 9780130177889

Edition: 2nd 2001

Authors: Robert Bruce Bowin, Donald F. Harvey

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For one-semester or one-quarter courses in Human Resource Management and Personnel. Unique in providing single-volume coverage of both conceptual and experiential approaches to the study of HRM, this text is ideal for students who are learning about human resource management for the first time. It provides an interactive, learn-by-doing experience for developing HRM skillsstudents are provided with a conceptual framework necessary to understand the relevant issues in HRM, and then develop behavioral skills in each area of HRM by actively participating in individual and team exercises which require the application of chapter content to specific organizational situations. Exceptionally…    
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Book details

List price: $87.40
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 8/11/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 501
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English

Preface
The Success System: Anticipating Success
Human Resource Management: The Success System Model
Background Information
The Workout: Key to Organization and Human Resource Changes at GE?
What Is Human Resource Management?
A Definition of Human Resource Management (HRM)
The Success System Model (SSM)
The Success System: Anticipating Success
Attracting a High-Performing Workforce
Developing a High-Performing Workforce
Motivating a High-Performing Workforce
Maintaining a High-Performing Workforce
Changing a High-Performing Workforce
Focusing on a High-Performing Workforce
Human Resource Management as a Career Field
Why Human Resource Management?
The HRM Organization of the Twenty-First Century
HRM and Total Quality Management
Stage One: Anticipating Change: The Organization Culture
The Socialization Process
The Psychological Contract
An Overview of the Field of Study
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
Auditioning for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Guest Host Spot
The Psychological Contract
Case Analysis Guidelines
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: Attracting a High-Performing Workforce
The Success System: Equal Employment and the Law
Background Information
The Emergence of EEO
Legislation: An Overview
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection
Disparate Impact
Other Issues
Business Necessity
Enforcing the Law: The EEOC
Religion
Physical and Language Discrimination
Recruiting
Interviewing
Affirmative Action
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
HR Manager Behavior Profile I--The Employment Interview
The Role of Women in Management
Sexual Harassment
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: HRM Planning, Job Analysis, and Productivity
Background Information
Change or Die
Human Resource Planning
Simple Steps to Implement the Human Resource Plan
Techniques to Evaluate Job Analysis Data
The Interview
The Job Analysis Process
The Steps in Job Analysis
Job Analysis: Information
Job Analysis: Data Collection Methods
The Organization Chart
Questionnaires
Interviews
Direct Observation
Job Diary or Log
Job Design
Job Enrichment Theory
Job Characteristics Theory
Results of Job Design Programs
Self-Managed Work Teams
Characteristics of Self-Managed Work Teams
Quality of Worklife
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
Superior Products Company
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: The Recruiting Process
Background Information
Recruiting
HR Manager Styles
The Recruiting Process
Recruiting the Older Workforce
Recruiting Methods
Temporary Employment
Employee Leasing
Cost Benefits and Recruiting
Labor Conditions
The Recruitment Plan
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
Recruiting an HRM Entry-Level Position
HRM Style Matrix
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: The Selection Process
Background Information
The Goals of Selection
Factors Influencing Selection
Selection Criteria
The Selection Process
The Application Blank
The Screening Interview
The Employment Interview
Employment Testing
Reference Checks
The Conditional Employment Decision
The Physical Examination
The Final Employment Decision
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
Evaluation of Job Applicants
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: Developing a High-Performing Workforce
The Success System: Performance Management
Background Information
The Performance Management System
The Performance Appraisal Review Process
Performance Appraisal Methods
Implementing Performance Management
Performance Appraisal Problems
The Appraisal Interview
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
HR Manager Performance Approval
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: Training and Developing Human Potential
Background Information
What are Training and Development?
Problems in Training
The Training Process
Step One: Identifying Training Needs
Step Two: Designing Training Programs
Step Three: The Evaluation of Training
A Systematic Approach
Training for Workers with Disabilities
Diversity in Training
Trends in Training
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
The Ewing Company
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: Management and Organization Development
Background Information
The Challenge of Change
Management Development Approaches
Long-Range Management Plan
Organization Development
Team-Development Meetings
Outdoor Experiential Laboratory Training
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
The Franklin Company
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: Career Development
Background Information
Career Management
Career Development and Planning
Career Stages
Career Planning and Pathing
Downsizing
Burnout
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
Career Life Planning
Career Life Planning
Tucker Knox Corporation
The Success System: Motivating a High-Performing Workforce
The Success System: Compensating High-Performing Systems
Background Information
What Is Compensation?
The Compensation Program
Compensation Program Rationales
Job Evaluation
Job Evaluation Systems
The Underpaid Employee
The Overpaid Employee
Rate Ranges and Wage Structures
The Issue of Equal Pay or Comparable Worth
Two-Tier Pay
Fair and Square
Variable Pay
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
Invest in Bonds
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: Employee Benefits
Background Information
Employee Benefits Programs
Benefits Versus Rights
Employee Benefits Program Planning
Major Types of Benefits Programs
Cafeteria-Style Benefit Plans
Communicating the Benefit Program
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
The Slickline Company
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: Motivating in Changing Times: Pay for Performance
Background Information
The Global Chase
Motivation
Reasons for Pay for Performance Plans
Types of Incentive Programs
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
The Mainline Company
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: Maintaining a High-Performing Workforce
The Success System: Union Relations and Collective Bargaining
Background Information
Labor's "New Face"
The Management-Union Relationship
Nonunion Employees
Union Organizing
Employer Campaign Tactics
Types of NLRB Elections
Collective Bargaining
The Labor Contract
Grievance Procedure
Twenty-First Century Trends
Unions and Quality-of-Worklife Issues
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
United Electrical Motors
The Northwest Freight Line, Inc.
The Success System: Employee Safety and Health
Background Information
The Challenge of Safety Management
Employees' Rights
Health Issues
The Management of Stress
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
The Union Media Company
Precision Products
The Success System: Changing a High-Performing Workforce
The Success System: HRM Strategy
Background Information
Organizational Strategy
Integration of Strategic HRM with Corporate Strategy
Corporate Strategy
Strategic HRM Choices
The Corporate Culture
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
The Gentech Company
The Space Electronics Corporation
The Success System: Changing for Success
Background Information
The Corporate Culture
What Is Corporate Culture?
Creating a Winning Culture
Power Tools for Change
The Goals and Values of HRM Programs
HRM Implementation Issues
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
Reduction in Force: Consensus-Seeking Change
The Dim Lighting Company
The Success System: Total Quality Management
Background Information
Total Quality Management (TQM)
A Brief History of TQM
The Objectives of TQM
Implementing TQM
Basic Elements of TQM
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
The Sierra Manufacturing Company
Wengart Aircraft
The Success System: Managing Diversity
Background Information
Managing Cultural Diversity
Managing Diversity
Current Trends Affecting Workforce Diversity
Managing Diversity and EEO
How Organizations Can Cultivate a Diverse Workforce
HRM Strategies to Lessen Resistance to Diversity
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
Managing Diversity
Precision Products, Inc.
The Success System: Focusing on a High-Performing Workforce
Human Resource Management: The Challenge and the Future
Background Information
Evaluation of the HRM Programs
The Stabilization of Change
The Evaluation of HRM Programs
Some Conditions for Success of HRM Programs
Emerging Issues and Values
Future Trends in HRM
The Future of HRM
Summary
Review Questions
Key Words and Concepts
HR Manager Behavior Profile II--The Performance Interview
The Bob Knowlton Case
Index