Managing Human Resources 18th by Scott Snell; Shad Morris; George W. Bohlander
Print ISBN: 9781337389624, 1337389625
eText ISBN: 9780357158982, 0357158989
By: Scott Snell; Shad Morris; George W. Bohlander
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Print ISBN: 9781337389624, 1337389625
eText ISBN: 9780357158982, 0357158989
Edition: 18th
Copyright year: 2019
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Additional ISBNs
9781337679978, 1337679976
Preface
The 18th edition of Managing Human Resources will place your students at the forefront
of understanding how organizations can gain a sustainable competitive advantage
through people. Today?s HR managers play an active role in the strategic planning and
decision making within their organizations. Those managers who are good at it have a
major impact on the success of their firms and elevate human resources in terms of its
importance in the C-suites of their organizations. But human resources management
is not limited to the HR staff. The best organizations recognize that managing people
is the job of every manager, working in partnership with HR.
Each edition of the book highlights the changes human resources management
is undergoing but reveals that the goal of utilizing an organization?s talent in the best
way possible never changes. Consequently, the purpose of this book is always twofold:
(1) to equip students with the tools and practices of HR management and give them
an appreciation for the changes they can make by understanding how best to manage
people, and (2) to present the most current challenges and opportunities graduating
students will face when it comes to today?s human resources management environment.
These challenges exist both for those who will become HR managers and those who
will go on to become other types of managers.
Toward that end, the first chapter of the book lays out in broad terms the key
challenges in HRM today. It includes a discussion of the HR strategies pursued by
firms and the importance of retaining and motivating employees in the process. Other
aspects broached include the strategies companies are using to continue to try to control
health care costs; how social media is affecting hiring, human resources management,
and employees? privacy rights; and how good human resources practices can help a
firm achieve its corporate social responsibility and sustainability goals and make it an
employer of choice. The chapter also discusses the important partnership with line
managers and the competencies required of HR management. The textbook continues
with the introduction, explanation, and discussion of the individual practices and
policies that make up HRM. We recognize the manager?s changing role and emphasize
current issues and real-world problems and the policies and practices of HRM used to
meet them.
