Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager appeals to anyone interested in management issues. The book explains why human resource issues are increasing the responsibilities of front-line managers rather than the HR department. Chapters present the basics of HR including the fundamentals of hiring, performance appraisal, reward systems, and disciplinary systems, so that any manager--regardless of his or her background or functional area--can approach these parts of the job with confidence. The book also covers the latest developments in equal opportunity law and describes the manager's responsibilities in controlling sexual harassment and managing diverse employees, including older workers and employees with disabilities. Each chapter's material is firmly grounded in the current HR academic literature, but the book's friendly, conversational tone conveys basic principles of good practice without technical jargon. Designed to make the material more accessible and personally relevant, the book includes the following special features: *Manager's Checkpoints--a series of questions that help the reader apply the material to his or her own organizational context; *Boxes that describe real-life examples of how companies respond to HR challenges; *For Further Reading--references to articles published in outlets that bridge the academic-practitioner divide; *Manager's Knots--presented in a question-and-answer format, these describe typical managerial problems, take the reader into some of the gray, ambiguous areas of HR, and suggest ways to apply the chapter material to real-life managerial dilemmas.
This conversational authored book will be one of the first available texts for MBA courses on HR for the non-HR major. The need for knowledge about HR affects every manager. This book will explain the issues clearly with real company cases, "manager knots" explaining problems and questions and answers for classroom discussion. An Instructors Manual with teachers aids will accompany the book. Our author, Gregory Northcraft, University of Illinois said, "I would definitely consider using this book for a course...In fact, I think a course could be developed around this book that would be an HR course for people who never plan to be HR specialists.
Greater workforce diversity is the goal of most organizations around the world. The academic literature has indicated that more effective customer service, higher workforce morale and improved financial performance will result from greater workforce diversity, but only if its effectively managed. Kulik and Roberson are leaders in linking theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence to show the effectivenss of diversity management to organizational outcomes (see Kulik and Roberson : Diversity initiatives effectiveness in Brief: Diversity at Work, Cambridge University Press and their often sited article Common Goals and Golden Opportunities: Evaluations of Diversity Education in academic and Organizational Settings, Academy of Management Learning and Education 7, 309-331. The goal of this authored book is to : 1. Present the available theory underlying diversity programs and interventions 2. Review the research on diversity programs around the world 3. Develop a research agenda that identifies the most pressing questions to address in diversity management
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