Human Resource Management, 15th edition, provides students in human resource
management courses and practicing managers with a full and practical introduction
to modern human resource management concepts and techniques in a highly
readable form. With employers increasingly shifting HR tasks to managers and
employees, I feel even more strongly than I did when I wrote the first edition
that all managers—not just HR managers—need a strong foundation in human
resource management concepts and techniques to do their jobs. You will therefore
find an emphasis here on practical material you need to perform your dayto-
day management responsibilities, even if you never spend one day as a human
resource manager.