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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications, Skill Development helps students of all majors build the skills they need to recruit, select, train, and develop employees. Bestselling authors Robert N. Lussier and John R. Hendon explore the important strategic function HR plays in today′s organizations. A wide variety of applications, self-assessments, and experiential exercises keep students engaged and help them see the relevancy of HR as they learn skills they can use in their personal and professional lives. The Second Edition includes 13 new case studies and new coverage of the agile workplace, generational differences, gamification, social media, and diversity and inclusion. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Contact your SAGE representative to request a demo. Digital Option / Courseware SAGE Vantage is an intuitive digital platform that delivers this text’s content and course materials in a learning experience that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools, all carefully designed to ignite student engagement and drive critical thinking. Built with you and your students in mind, it offers...

Written for both HRM majors and non-majors, Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications, and Skill Development equips students with the skills they need to recruit, select, train, and develop employees. Best-selling authors Robert N. Lussier and John R. Hendon explore the important strategic functions that HRM plays in today′s organizations. A wide variety of applications and exercises keep readers engaged and help them practice skills they can use in their personal and professional lives. The Fourth Edition brings all chapters up to date according to the SHRM 2018 Curriculum Guidebook; expands coverage on topics such as diversity and inclusion, AI, employee engagement, and pay equity; and features 17 new case studies on a range of organizations, including Starbucks and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package. Contact your SAGE representative to request a demo. Digital Option / Courseware SAGE Vantage is an intuitive digital platform that delivers this text’s content and course materials in a learning experience that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools, all carefully...

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications, Skill Development takes a unique three-pronged approach that gives students a clear understanding of important HRM concepts and functions, shows them how to apply those concepts, and helps them build a strong skill set they can use in their personal and professional lives. Covering the vast majority the 210 required SHRM Curriculum Guidebook topics required for undergraduates, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management gives the student the ability to successfully manage others in today's work environment. Authors Robert N. Lussier and John R. Hendon engage students with a variety of high-quality applications and skill development exercises to improve students’ comprehension and retention. The authors’ emphasis on current trends and the challenges facing HR managers and line managers today provide students with key insights on important issues and prepare them for successful careers.

Cases in Human Resource Management provides students with insights into common challenges, dilemmas, and issues human resource managers face in the workplace. Using a wide variety of well-known companies and organizations, author David Kimball engages students with original, real-world cases that illustrate HRM topics and functions in action. Each case is designed to encourage students to find new solutions to human resource issues and to stimulate class discussion. Case questions challenge students to think critically, apply concepts, and develop their HRM skills. The contents are organized using the same topical coverage and structure as most HRM textbooks, making Kimball the ideal companion for any introductory HRM course.

This bundle includes Robert N. Lussier's Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 2e (Paperback) and David Kimball's Cases in Human Resource Management

Bestselling authors Robert N. Lussier and John R. Hendon explore the important strategic function HR plays in today′s organization, helping the reader develop the skills they need to recruit, select, train, and develop talent.

Learn by doing! Fundamentals of Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications, Skill Development helps students of all majors build the skills they need to recruit, select, train, and develop employees. Bestselling authors Robert N. Lussier and John R. Hendon explore the important strategic function HR plays in today's organizations. A wide variety of applications, self-assessments, and experiential exercises keep students engaged and help them see the relevancy of HR as they learn skills they can use in their personal and professional lives. The Second Edition includes 13 new case studies and new coverage of the agile workplace, generational differences, gamification, social media, and diversity and inclusion.

As the subtitle indicates, Lussier's Human Relations in Organizations: Applications and Skill Building employs an applications and skill building approach. It's the most " how to" work with people textbook. This style is perfect for professors that want to incorporate activities and exercises into the classroom, and benefits students who want to understand concepts as well as apply and develop skills that they can use in their daily and professional lives. The text has also been successfully used for online courses. The book and test bank provide a balanced, three-pronged approach: A clear concise understanding of human relations/ organizational behavior concepts; The application of HR/OB concepts for critical thinking in the business world; The development of HR/OB skills.

Lussier’s Human Relations in Organizations: Applications and Skill Building, 10th Edition, offers a workbook-style approach that is perfect for incorporating activities and exercises into the classroom. This approach helps students master critical concepts as well as develop skills that they can use in their professional lives. The book provides a balanced, three-pronged approach: A clear concise understanding of human relations and organizational behavior concepts Application of human relations and organizational behavior in the business world Development of human relations and organizational behavior skills

This text takes a managerial orientation and is relevant to managers in every unit, project or team. Managers are constantly faced with HRM issues, problems and decision making and the primary goal of the text is to show how each manager must be a human resource problem solver and diagnostician. Attention is given to the application of HRM approaches in real organizational settings and situations. Realism, understanding and critical thinking were important in this eighth edition.

Using a 3-pronged approach to concepts, applications and skill development, this text provides students with a solid foundation of management concepts and real skills used in the workplace. Skill-building exercises, behavioural models, self-assessments and group exercises are included throughout.

Praised as the greatest source of quality and quantity of application and skill development experiential learning! Packed with experiential exercises, self-assessments, and group activities, the Eighth Edition of Management Fundamentals helps students develop essential management skills they can use in their personal and professional lives. Bestselling author Robert N. Lussier uses the most current cases and examples to illustrate management concepts in today’s ever-changing business world. This fully updated new edition provides in-depth coverage of key AACSB topics such as diversity, ethics, technology, and globalization. New to This Edition New case studies highlight contemporary challenges and opportunities facing managers at well-known organizations such as Whole Foods, Wells Fargo, and the Chicago Cubs. The book is completely updated with hundreds of new references and examples. Expanded and updated Trends and Issues sections explore timely topics such as the changing nature of work, managing multiple generations, and virtual teams. All of the Applying the Concept boxes are new and engage students in applying the concepts to their own experiences and provide situational...

This flexible and practical hands-on text teaches students in business planning how to develop and write effective business plans. Business planning software is packaged with the text and was developed by the authors to integrate completely with the text.The text is brief enough to be covered in one quarter or semester and is designed to appeal to students with little or no business background. Students gain a solid understanding of how to develop a successful business plan. Using the business planning software, students finish the course with a successful business plan to take with them.

Certo's SUPERVISION prepares students to be supervisors. It is based on the premise that organizational variables like the nature of the workforce, computer and communication technology, and the design of organization structures are changing perhaps more rapidly than at any other time in history. All of these factors have a direct influence on supervisors' roles.

This text employs a unique three-pronged approach of theory, application, and skill development to create the most practical leadership book on the market. It covers all of the traditional theory along with cutting-edge leadership topics. Applications develop critical thinking skills about the concepts. Proven skill-building exercises foster leadership skills that can be used in professional and personal lives. This three-pronged approach offers the greatest variety of learning material to meet each student's unique needs.

"Classroom tested, this essentials text uses a case analysis approach to explore the interrelationship of business, society and government in today's high-tech global community. Understanding this interrelationship is core to working in any size company at any level." --Book Jacket.