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Part I UNDERSTANDING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT


1. Human Resource Management: The Global and Indian Scenario


2. Human Resource Management for Excellence


3. Strategic Human Resource Management


4. International Human Resource Management


Part II ACQUISITION OF HUMAN RESOURCE


5. Human Resource Information System


6. Human Resource Planning


7. Recruitment and Selection


Part III DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCE


8. Human Resource Development


9. Socialising, Orienting and Developing Employees


10. Managing Careers


11. Performance Management Systems


12. Talent Management


13. Quality of Work-life


14. Organisation Analysis and Transformation


Part IV MOTIVATING HUMAN RESOURCE


15. Motivation at Work


16. Empowerment and Participative Management


17. Reward Management


18. Compensation Management


Part V HR IN KNOWLEDGE ERA


19. HR Transformation through Technology


20. HR in Virtual Organisation


21. HR in ITOrganisation


22. HR in Mergers and Acquisitions


23. Knowledge Management


24. Learning Organisation


Part VI LABOUR MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT


25. Understanding Labour Relations and Collective Bargaining

Organisations are created, managed, and they excel by human beings despite the enabling process of technology. There is no substitute for the human brain. Human resource is the most important and crucial among all other resources in the organizational context. Of late, in the fast-changing business environment, there is a paradigm shift in terms of the role and function of the human resource professional. Human resource management has become more strategic in the function directly linking to the overall business strategy of the organization. The ultimate aim is to improve organizational performance.

The sixth edition of this book, thoroughly revised and updated, continues to educate the students on the HRM concepts, keeping its readers abreast with the fast-changing business environment. The author has incorporated the latest research, applications and experiments with a judicious balance between theory and practice.

Primarily designed for the students of Management, Commerce, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations and related fields, this compact yet concise text provides ample literature on this subject elaborating a clear understanding of the principles of human resource management.