Human Resource Management (Hardcover)

by Gary Dessler (Author)

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Product Description

This classic, readable book does the best job at covering the current issues within HRM, and provides a complete, comprehensive review of essential personnel management concepts and techniques. Considering the intensely competitive nature of business today, this book focuses on practical applications that all managers can use to deal with their HR-related responsibilities, while being able to defend their plans and contributions in measurable terms.

A five-part format begins with an introduction, and then covers recruitment and placement, training and development, compensation, and labor relations and employee security.

For all human resource personnel and managers.

From the Publisher
This text focuses on HRM as the responsibility of EVERY manager. Gary Dessler's revision weaves four themes throughout the text: HR and the Responsive Organization (new), Building Employee Commitment, Global HRM, and Small Business Applications. New boxes include Diversity Counts, Information Technology, and HR. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 801 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 11th edition (October 12, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131746170
• ISBN-13: 978-0131746176
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,001 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment int he Details, December 14, 1999

By	Norma J. Peal, Ph.D. (Los Angeles, Califonia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human Resource Management (8th Edition) (Hardcover)

I was delighted to learn that Dessler had a new HR management book available August 1999 for an MBA class I was teaching beginning in September 1999. Before selecting the book I reviewed an earlier edition and was pleased with the organization, topics, and simple style. I selected the newest edition without seeing it. Imagine my shock and embarrassment when I started reading it after assigning chapters to my students. I found a few typos in the beginning and laughingly told my students I would give them bonus points for any they found. I thought it would encourage them to read carefully. I had to discontinue the practice after about probably the first dozen were in the first couple chapters. One class we concentrated on writing a resume. The example of a "good" resume that Dessler provided was terrible. Not only was it confusing, it was from the 1980s. I am sorry that my students had to pay $. I am teaching the class again in February so will need to find another book. Mr. Dessler, I hope you encourage those in HR to be more careful in the details of their work than you were in your book.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dessler Knows the Field, September 18, 2000

By	Dr. Ross Prizzia (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human Resource Management (8th Edition) (Hardcover)

Dessler's approach in Human Resource Management is thorough, comprehensive, contemporary, and very readable. The figures, tables, and other visuals are excellent for models and practical use. The cases and application exercises are relevant to the real world and greatly assist in the overall understanding of the main concepts of each chapter. Chapters on employee testing and selection, appraising performance, job analysis, and personnnel planning and recruiting, are particularly well presented. The complexities of establishing pay plans and financial incentives are explained in simple terms for the reader and include revelant examples. The text also comes with supplementary materials which greatly enhance it's use and application. This book can be used for lower as well as upper division courses at the University or College level.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best In Breed, October 7, 2004

By	John P Bernat (Kingsport, TN USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Human Resource Management (9th Edition) (Hardcover)

This book's content and support is, unquestionably, the best available today. I've used it to support teaching HR Management to graduate students and have been pleased to see how much my students derive from it.

HOWEVER...

Very recently, some of the "free" support my students were able to use has been converted to "a la carte," pay as you go services.

This was a huge disappointment to me and my students, who had to pay an outrageous $130 for a textbook.

I used to feel justified supporting that price because of the auxiliary content with which it was bundled. But not any more. I would urge Dr. Dessler and his team to restore the "extras" that added so much value to the work.

That carping done, he and his group have done a first-rate job on this one, and I'm eargerly looking forward to the new effort.