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Human Resource Management, 15th edition

Published by Pearson (January 5, 2018) © 2019

  • Joseph J. Martocchio University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Real-world examples, supported by theory

Human Resource Management provides extensive examples of how HR management is practiced in the real world. Relationships between various HR topics are interwoven throughout the text, giving students a thorough introduction to the field based on sound theoretical concepts and practice.

The 15th Edition contains revised learning objectives, updates to HRM practices, and new content in the majority of applications. These features enable students to integrate knowledge and valuable skills regardless if they choose a career in the HRM profession or other business function.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Personal Inventory Assessments give students the opportunity for self-assessment and personal reflection.
  • Ethics Dilemma and Incident sections depict realistic scenarios, provide analysis of the incidents, and offer proposed actionable responses.
  • Watch It! Videos correspond to the chapter material and are accompanied by multiple-choice questions that reinforce students' comprehension of the chapter content.
  • HR Bloopers present scenarios that describe potential mistakes that may occur in HR practice.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW: HRM Is Everyone's Business boxes explain how HR professionals and managers throughout organizations work together to address important workplace issues.
  • NEW: HRM by the Numbers exercises have students think through concepts and their applications as well as analyze quantitative data to facilitate problem solving.
  • NEW: Working Together exercises let students collaborate through sharing ideas, listening to others, and coming up with a cohesive team response to the assignment.
  • NEW: FYI boxes deliver nuggets of info from survey research and extensive databases (e.g., employment statistics) that illuminate trends, opinions, and the use of specific HR practices.
  • REVISED: Learning Objectives have been revised to be consistent across chapters, better integrate the material, and improve learning.
  • UPDATED: Coverage highlights evolving HRM practices, statistics, and business professionals' perspectives. A new section covers trends in performance appraisal practices (Ch. 7).

Features of MyLab Management for the 15th Edition

  • MediaShare for Business offers a curated collection of business videos that help students understand why they're learning key concepts and how to apply them in their career.
  • The Gradebook offers an easy way for you and your students to see their performance in your course.

PART I: SETTING THE STAGE

  1. Human Resource Management: An Overview
  2. Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainability
  3. Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Workforce Diversity

PART II: STAFFING

  1. Strategic Planning, Human Resource Planning, and Job Analysis
  2. Recruitment
  3. Selection

PART III: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING

  1. Performance Management and Appraisal
  2. Training and Development

PART IV: COMPENSATION

  1. Direct Financial Compensation (Monetary Compensation)
  2. Indirect Financial Compensation (Employee Benefits)

PART V: LABOR RELATIONS, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, SAFETY, AND HEALTH

  1. Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining
  2. Internal Employee Relations
  3. Employee Safety, Health, and Wellness

PART VI: OPERATING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

  1. Global Human Resource Management

About our author

Joseph J. Martocchio

My interest in the human resource management field began while I was a junior at Babson College. I found myself wanting to practice in the field as well as to become a university professor and researcher. I pursued both professional desires starting with employment at Cameron and Colby (a reinsurance company) in Boston and General Electric's Aerospace business group in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

I advanced my education in the human resource management (HRM) field by earning a master's degree and PhD degree at Michigan State University. My master's degree enabled me to build an even stronger foundation in practice and my doctoral degree provided me with the skills to conduct scholarly research and teach college-level courses. Since earning my graduate degrees, I have been a professor in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and assumed administrative roles as a Provost Fellow, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Interim Dean. All the while, I have taught a variety of courses in the HRM field. These include compensation systems, employee benefits, employment systems (HRM and labor relations), HR planning and staffing, and statistics. I also teach the compensation and statistics courses online. For many years, I served as the faculty advisor to the student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management at the University of Illinois during which time students earned Merit Awards and Superior Merit awards on multiple occasions.

As a researcher, I have studied a variety of topics that include employee absenteeism, employee training and development, compensation systems, employee benefits, and generational diversity. My work appears in leading scholarly journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, and Personnel Psychology. I received the Ernest J. McCormick Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and I was subsequently elected as a Fellow in both the American Psychological Association and SIOP. Following the attainment of this recognition, I served as the Chair of the HR Division of the Academy of Management as well as in various other leadership roles within that organization.

Besides writing scholarly articles and Human Resource Management, I have 2 sole-authored textbooks: Strategic Compensation: A Human Resource Management Approach (Pearson Higher Education), which is in its 9th edition, and Employee Benefits: A Primer for Human Resource Professionals (McGraw-Hill), which is in its 6th edition.

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