Applied Human Resource Management
Strategic Issues and Experiential Exercises
- Kenneth M. York - Oakland University, USA
Applied Human Resource Management: Strategic Issues and Experiential Exercises gives business students in-depth, hands-on experiential learning applications to help them develop the skills they will need as human resource professionals who deal with people in diverse settings and situations. Providing maximum teaching flexibility, each chapter presents ten different issues that organizations must resolve to manage their human resources effectively. These chapters also offer four distinct types of interactive learning experiences: Strategic Issues in HRM Exercises, Applications, Experiential Exercises, and Creative Exercises.
Key Features
- Offers four Strategic Issues in HRM exercises in each chapter that can be used for class discussions, assigned as homework problems, used as topics for group presentations, or incorporated into tests as essay questions
- Includes two Applications per chapter, brief projects that require students to apply a human resource management concept to a realistic situation, which are ideal for use as homework assignments, instructor illustrations/demonstrations, or in-class projects
- Provides two Experiential Exercises in each chapter to provide students with hands-on learning experiences within a realistic context
- Includes two open-ended Creative Exercises per chapter that ask students or teams to develop unique solutions to realistic problems using what they have learned
- Provides a list of each chapter's exercises grouped according to The Human Resource Certification Institute's Body of Knowledge in Human Resources Management categories to help instructors plan the exercises they want to use according to the HRM Body of Knowledge
Intended Audience
This book is an ideal core or supplemental text for graduate-level courses in Human Resource Management, Advanced Human Resource Management, and Personnel Management in departments of business, management, public administration, education, and psychology.
Supplements
Used before
This is book was very essential in providing a very practical platform to conceptualise HR theories and key concepts. The case studies were particularly relevant in providing diverse contexts was understanding the role and relationship between HR and modern day organizations.
Applications based
Good practical guide to strategic HRM practice
Book does not really match the course content
Applied Human Resource Management provides comprehensive coverage of HR topics. The assignment mix provides various means through which students can develop their understanding, and ability to apply, HR theory. The text is well written and very accessible to undergraduate students. The price makes it feasible to adopt supplementary texts.
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 2 - Equal Employment Opportunity
Chapter 7 - Training and Developing Employees
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