Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 7th By Raymond Noe

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 7th By Raymond Noe

Print ISBN: 9781260125382, 1260125386

eText ISBN: 9781259852633, 1259852636

By: Raymond Noe

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Print ISBN: 9781260125382, 1260125386

eText ISBN: 9781259852633, 1259852636

Edition: 7th

Copyright year: 2018

Additional ISBNs

9781260152517, 9781260125382, 1260152510, 1260125386, 9781259686702, 1259686701

Managing human resources is a critical component of any company’s overall mission to

provide value to customers, shareholders, employees, and the community in which it does

business. Value includes profits as well as employee growth and satisfaction, creation of

new jobs, contributions to community programs, and protection of the environment.

Our Approach: Engage, Focus, and Apply

Following graduation, most students will find themselves working in businesses or notfor-

profit organizations. Regardless of position or career aspirations, their role in directly

managing other employees or understanding human resource management practices is critical

for ensuring both company and personal success. Therefore, Fundamentals of Human

Resource Management, Seventh Edition, focuses on human resource issues and how HR

is used at work. Fundamentals is applicable to both HR majors and students from other

majors or colleges who are taking an HR course as an elective or a requirement.

Our approach to teaching 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. Students not only learn about best practices

but are actively engaged through the use of cases and decision making. As a result,

students will be able to take what they have learned in the course and apply it to solving

HRM problems they will encounter on the job.

Each chapter includes several different pedagogical features. “Best Practices” provides

examples of companies whose HR activities work well. “HR Oops!” highlights HRM

issues that have been handled poorly. “Did You Know?” offers interesting statistics about

chapter topics and how they play out in real-world companies. “HRM Social” demonstrates

how social media and the Internet can be useful in managing HR activities in any

organization. “Thinking Ethically” confronts students with issues that occur in managing

human resources. Each feature includes questions to assist students with critical thinking

and to spark classroom discussions.

Fundamentals also assists students with learning “How To” perform HR activities, such

as writing effective HR policies, being strategic about equal employment opportunities,

and making the most of HR analytics. These are all work situations students are likely to

encounter as part of their professional careers. The end-of-chapter cases focus on corporate

sustainability (“Taking Responsibility”), managing the workforce (“Managing Talent”),

and HR activities in small organizations (“HR in Small Business”).

Organization of the Seventh Edition

Part 1 (Chapters 1–4) discusses the environmental forces that companies face in trying to

manage human resources effectively. These forces include economic, technological, and

social trends; employment laws; and work design. Employers typically have more control

Preface