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Human Resource Management
People, Data, and Analytics

Second Edition
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November 2023 | 640 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Human resources is rapidly evolving into a data-rich field but with big data comes big decisions. The best companies understand how to use data to make strategic workforce decisions and gain significant competitive advantage.

Human Resource Management: People, Data, and Analytics, Second Edition introduces students to the fundamentals of talent management with integrated coverage of analytics in every chapter. Features tied to SHRM competencies and data exercises give students hands-on opportunities to practice the analytical and decision-making skills they need to excel in today’s job market.

Whether your students are future managers or future HR professionals, they will learn best practices for managing talent across the lifecycle in the changing workplace.

This text is offered in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.

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Part I: HRM in Context
 
Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Resource Management
What Is Human Resource Management?

 
Why HRM Matters

 
The Changing Context of HRM

 
HRM as a Profession

 
 
Chapter 2: Strategic HRM, Data-Driven Decision Making, and HR Analytics
Defining Strategy

 
Strategic HRM: Linking Strategy With HRM

 
Strategic HRM, Data-Informed Decision Making, and HR Analytics

 
HR Analytics and the Scientific Process

 
Ensuring HR Analytics Success

 
 
Chapter 3: Data Management and Human Resource Information Systems
Managing Data

 
Opportunities for Data Management and HRIS

 
Challenges for Data Management and HRIS

 
Developing a Human Resource Information System

 
Implementing a Human Resource Information System

 
Getting Technical: Core Information System Concepts

 
 
Chapter 4: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and Equal Employment Laws
The Importance of DEI

 
An Overview of Equal Employment Opportunity Laws

 
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

 
Additional Antidiscrimination Acts and Protections

 
Diversity and Inclusion in the Age of HR Analytics

 
 
Chapter 5: The Analysis and Design of Work
The Analysis of Work and Its Critical Role in HR Practice

 
Collecting Job Analysis Data

 
Specific Job Analysis Methods and Approaches

 
Designing Jobs to Enhance Motivation, Attitudes, Well-Being, and Performance

 
Flexible Work Arrangements

 
 
Part II: Managing the Talent Life Cycle
 
Chapter 6: Workforce Planning and Recruitment
Understanding the Labor Landscape: Workforce Planning and Forecasting

 
The Recruiting Process

 
Stages of Recruitment

 
Recruiting for Diversity

 
A Broader View of Workforce Planning and Recruitment

 
 
Chapter 7: Selection Processes and Procedures
Setting the Stage for Selection: Job Analysis, Recruitment, and Legal Issues

 
Data-Driven Criteria for Choosing Selection Procedures: Reliability, Validity, and Utility

 
Strategically Choosing and Combining Selection Procedures

 
Selection Procedures

 
Current Issues in Selection

 
Applicant Reactions to Selection Methods and Procedures

 
Deployment of Selection Procedures

 
 
Chapter 8: Training, Development, and Careers
The Importance of Training in Organizations

 
Training Needs Assessment

 
Enhancing Learning

 
Training Methods

 
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Training Programs

 
Career Development and Management

 
 
Chapter 9: Performance Management
What Is Performance Management?

 
Design Features of Performance Management Systems

 
Conducting Fair Performance Reviews

 
Improving the Effectiveness of Performance Management

 
 
Chapter 10: Managing Employee Separations and Retention
Voluntary Turnover

 
Managing Employee Retention

 
Involuntary Turnover

 
 
Part III: Reward System
 
Chapter 11: Developing a Pay Structure
Pay as a Reward

 
Fairness of Rewards

 
Developing a Pay Structure

 
Person-Based Pay Structures

 
Executive Pay

 
Pay Administration

 
 
Chapter 12: Rewarding Performance
Pay as a Motivator

 
Theories of Motivation

 
Strategy and Pay for Performance

 
Pay-for-Performance Programs

 
Challenges and Opportunities in Rewarding Performance

 
 
Chapter 13: Managing Benefits
Benefits as Rewards

 
Legally Required Benefits

 
Voluntary Benefits

 
Administering Benefits Programs

 
Communicating Benefits Programs

 
 
Part IV: Special Topics in HR
 
Chapter 14: Employee and Labor Relations
Factors Influencing Employee Relations

 
Organizational Policies and Procedures

 
The Labor Movement

 
The Collective Bargaining Process

 
Failure to Reach an Agreement

 
 
Chapter 15: Employee Safety, Well-Being, and Wellness
The Role of HRM in Worker Safety and Health

 
Workplace Safety

 
Workplace Stress

 
Employee Wellness Programs

 
Workplace Interventions: Solutions to Address Specific Well-Being Issues

 
Total Worker Health®: An Integrated Approach to Worker Well-Being

 
 
Chapter 16: Opportunities and Challenges in International HRM
Global Transfer of HR Practices

 
Important Considerations When Transferring HR Practices Across Borders

 
Managing HR Globally

 
Management of Expatriates

 
Alternatives to Long-Term Relocation Assignments

 
 
Glossary
 
Notes
 
Index

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The LMS cartridge makes it easy to import this title’s instructor resources into your learning management system (LMS). These resources include:
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  • Editable chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides
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  • Lecture notes
  • All tables and figures from the textbook
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You can still access the online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.

"The text offers useful and appropriate examples of the use of analytics in HRM."

Gwendolyn M. Combs
University of Nebraska Lincoln

"An interesting and novel approach to teaching HRM."

Michael W. Hill
University of Georgia

"[This] is a good, comprehensive Human Resource Management textbook for the Undergraduate level or for Graduate students with a concentration in HR."

Patricia A. Ippoliti
Rutgers University

"Excellent data-driven text."

Kevin J. Hurt
Columbus State University

"A state-of-the-art textbook on HRM....A refreshing approach to HRM that highlights the importance of HRM in maintaining and building the bottom line for companies and enhancing work environments."

Robert W. Halliman
Austin Peay State University

"…adds elements of currency and insight based on business and industry trends. The book purports to focus on data analysis and improving HR decision making skills based on data, objectivity, ethics, and legal frameworks."

Jalane Meloun
Barry University

"This [HRM] textbook does a much better job of acknowledging the importance of data and gives students a chance to work with data–a big plus."

Brian D. Webster
Ball State University

"This textbook is an all-encompassing book that covers in detail, the critical performance areas of human resource management and how information technology is used for decision making and in creating a competitive advantage."

Benjamin B. Yumol
Claflin University

"[Human Resource Management] is a well written, well organized textbook with current cases taken from today’s headlines, laid out in an instructor and student friendly way. If our college wants to emphasize data driven analytical HRM strategic decision making, this is the perfect introductory text."

Otha Carlton Hawkins
Alamance Community College

"With the recent changes to the HR field as a whole to be a more integrated discipline, Bauer et al's text does a spectacular job of expanding upon core content from organizational behavior, business law, business analytics, leadership, and management and frames that content in an HR lens…this text provides in-depth integration of those topics fused with current case studies and references to popular culture."

Lou L. Sabina
Stetson University
Key features
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
  • The new edition is available in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.
    • Flashcards and note-taking tools help students better prepare for class.
    • NEW! Audiobook Player allows students to listen to text content, boosting comprehension and retention. It offers flexible, on-the-go access, engaging both reluctant readers and auditory learners, improving the overall reading experience.
    • The Offline Reading option in the Student Dashboard offers greater accessibility to Vantage’s reading content, regardless of where students are or how strong their internet connection may be.
  • 15 new chapter-opening case studies illustrate timely HR topics and trends through real world organizations such as Costco, Credit Karma, and the Data and Trust Alliance.
  • Updated to reflect the 2022 SHRM competency model along with new cases, examples, and references throughout.
  • Includes more coverage of HR trends such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, the Great Resignation, COVID-19 and remote work, and the return to the office.
  • Significantly updated Chapter 4 on DEI and equal employment laws, including a new section on creating inclusive environments for neurodiversity and the moral case versus business case for diversity.
KEY FEATURES:
  • An emphasis on data analytics permeates the text and exercises.
    • Spotlight on Data and Analytics provides real-world examples of how companies have collected and analyzed HR data to inform decision making.
    • A unique Data Management and HRIS Chapter explores the pivotal role of data along with the challenges and opportunities of managing data.
    • Data Analytics Exercises and Excel Extensions offer hands-on opportunities for students to practice using data in Microsoft Excel to make decisions.
  • Case Studies and real-world examples highlight real organizations using innovative HR practices. Examples include Costco, Mars Inc., Igloo, Mercy Corps, and PwC.
  • Spotlight on Ethics provides examples of both ethical and unethical situations and best practices for dealing with ethical challenges.
  • Spotlight on Legal Issues explores the different ways HRM is influenced by law and how legal issues will continue to shape the HRM landscape.
  • Spotlight on Global Issues provides glimpses into HRM from an international perspective and the impact of globalization on the way that work is done.
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Human Resource Management- Vantage Learning Platform