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" Human resource management demystified / "
Robert G. DelCampo
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BL
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| Record Number
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713283
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b535472
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| Main Entry
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DelCampo, Robert G
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Human resource management demystified /\ Robert G. DelCampo
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: McGraw-Hill,, c2011
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| Series Statement
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DeMYSTiFieD series (New York, N.Y.)
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xv, 224 p. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0071737243
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: 9780071737241
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| Notes
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Includes index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Part 1: Overview And Compliance -- HR in a nutshell -- Chapter objectives -- Functions of management -- HR: human resources or human relations? -- Challenges to HR -- Selecting HR strategies -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and the law -- Chapter objectives --Understanding the legal environment -- Ideal behavior and affirmative action -- Discrimination -- Antidiscrimination legislation -- Type of discrimination -- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) -- Definition of harassment -- Addressing EEO complaints -- Resources for further information -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Diversity in organizations -- Chapter objectives -- What is diversity? -- Why manage employee diversity? -- Challenges in managing employee diversity -- Diversity in organizations -- Improving the management of diversity -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Part 2: Hiring For Needs -- Job analysis -- Chapter objectives -- Strategy and organizational structure -- Designing the organization -- Designing jobs and conducting a job analysis -- Job descriptions -- Special cases -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Employee selection -- Chapter objectives -- Forecasting needs for employees -- Hiring process -- Issues in recruiting -- Issues in employee selection -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Part 3: They're Hired-Now What? -- Compensation -- Chapter objectives -- -- Compensation -- Designing a compensation system -- Compensation tools -- Legal environment and pay system governance -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Benefits -- Chapter objectives -- Overview of benefits -- Basic terminology -- Cost of benefits in the United States -- Types of benefits -- Benefits strategy -- Benefits mix -- Legally required benefits -- Voluntary benefits -- Administering benefits -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Training and development -- Chapter objectives -- Training -- Training process -- Orientation and socialization -- Development -- Creating an effective development program -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Performance management and appraisal -- Chapter objectives -- Performance management and appraisal basics -- Identifying performance -- Challenges in performance management -- Managing performance -- Pay for performance -- Types of pay-for-performance plans -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Employee rights and workplace safety -- Chapter objectives -- Roles of the manager and the employee relations specialist -- Developing employee communications -- Types of information -- How communication works -- Encouraging effective communication -- Employee rights -- Management rights -- Employment at will -- Employee rights challenges: a balancing act -- Workplace safety and the law -- Managing contemporary safety, health, and behavioral issues -- Safety and health programs -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Employee discipline and responsibilities -- Chapter objectives -- Disciplining employees -- Administering and managing discipline -- Basic standards of discipline -- Managing difficult employees -- Preventing the need for discipline with human resource management -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Employee separation, downsizing, and out placement -- Chapter objectives -- Employee turnover -- Types of employee separations -- Layoffs -- Implementing a layoff -- Outplacement -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Working with organized labor -- Chapter objectives -- Origins of U S labor unions -- Labor relations -- Labor relations around the globe -- Labor relations strategy -- Managing labor relations -- HRM and union employees -- Chapter summary -- Quiz -- Final exam -- Answers to quizzes and final exam -- Index
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| Abstract
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Overview: The low-labor guide to mastering HRM! Want to dive into human resources but your brain says, "Help wanted!"? No problem! Put Human Resource. Management DeMYSTiFieD on the job, and you'll solve your dilemma in no time! Using a clear, step-by-step format, this practical guide provides a firm foundation in the basics of the field. You'll master all the key issues in human resources, like benefits, legal situations, hiring, training, outplacement, worker rights, and more. Detailed examples and concise explanations make it easy to grasp the material, and end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam help reinforce learning. In no time, you'll build a firm foundation on the essential concepts and techniques instrumental to the success of any organization! This fast and easy guide features: Tips on designing and implementing a hiring plan; Tactics for developing and training new employees; Strategies for writing job descriptions, recruiting applicants, and selecting employees; Techniques for creating an effective compensation and benefits structure; Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Human Resource Management DeMYSTiFieD has everything you need to build a solid foundation in human resources
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Personnel management
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HF5549.D43612 2011
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