Barry Gerhart Knihy

This text offers students the technical background needed to be a successful HR profesisonal, to manage HR effectively, and to be a knowledgeable consumer of HR products and services. It emphasizes how managers can acquire, develop, compensate and manage the internal and external environment.

As competitors strive to win the war for talent, effective human resource management is necessary to gain true competitive advantage in the marketplace. Three challenges companies face are sustainability, technology, and globalization. "Human Resource Management, 7th Edition" brings these challenges to life by highlighting real-world examples pertaining to these issues and relating it to the concepts within the chapter. This best-selling McGraw-Hill/Irwin "Human Resource Management" title provides students with the technical background needed to be a knowledgeable consumer of human resource (HR) products and services, to manage HR effectively, or to be a successful HR professional. While clearly strategic in nature, the text also emphasizes how managers can more effectively acquire, develop, compensate, and manage the internal and external environment that relates to the management of human resources

This best-selling Irwin/McGraw-Hill human resource management title comes out in a new and improved format in time for fall classes 1999. According to the authors, effective human resource management is necessary for a firm to gain true competitive advantage. The three challenges companies face are the global challenge, the challenge of meeting stakeholder needs, and the high performance work practices challenge. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT provides students with the technical background needed to be a successful HR professional, to manage HR effectively, and most importantly to be a knowledgeable consumer of HR products and services. The text also emphasizes how managers can more effectively acquire, develop, compensate, and manage the internal and external environment that relates to the management of human resources.