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Human Resource Management
Functions, Applications, and Skill Development

Fifth Edition
July 2025 | 712 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Whether your students are HRM or general management majors, Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications, and Skill Development will help them develop the skills they need to recruit, select, train, and develop talent. A wide variety of applications and experiential exercises keep students engaged and help them see the relevance of HR as they learn competencies they can apply in their personal and professional lives. In the updated Fifth Edition, bestselling authors Robert N. Lussier and John R. Hendon explore the important strategic function HR plays in today's organization.

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Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
Part I: The Human Resource Management Environment
 
Chapter 1: Today’s Human Resource Management
Why Study Human Resource Management (HRM)?

 
HRM Past and Present

 
Understanding HR’s Critical Factors

 
HRM Skills

 
HRM Responsibilities

 
Resources for HRM Careers

 
Practitioner’s Model for HRM

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 2: Strategic and Inclusive Human Resource Management
An Introduction to Strategic Planning: The Organization and Its Environment

 
Strategy

 
Generic Strategies and HRM

 
The Internal Environment

 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

 
Managing DEI

 
The HR Technology Revolution

 
Human Resources Technology and Metrics

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 3: The Legal Environment
A User’s Guide to Managing People Fairly

 
Major Employment Laws

 
Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity, and the EEOC

 
Sexual Harassment

 
Religious Discrimination

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Part II: Talent Planning and Acquisition
 
Chapter 4: Workforce Planning: Job Analysis, Job Design, and Employment Forecasting
Workforce Planning: Workflow Analysis

 
Job Analysis

 
Human Resources Associate Director

 
Job Design and Redesign

 
Designing Motivational Jobs

 
HR Forecasting

 
Reconciling Internal Labor Supply and Demand

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 5: Recruiting Talent
The Recruiting Process

 
Organizational Recruiting Considerations

 
Internal or External Recruiting?

 
Challenges and Constraints in Recruiting

 
Evaluation of Recruiting Programs

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 6: Selecting New Employees
The Selection Process

 
Looking for Fit

 
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures

 
Applications and Preliminary Screening

 
Testing and Legal Issues

 
Selection Interviews

 
Background Checks

 
Selecting the Candidate and Offering the Job

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Part III: Developing and Managing
 
Chapter 7: Learning and Training
Learning, Training, and Development

 
Learning and Shaping Behavior

 
Determining Your Preferred Learning Style

 
The Training Process

 
Needs Assessment

 
Design and Delivery of Training

 
Assessing Training

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 8: Career Planning and Skill Development
Planning Careers and Developing Talent

 
Why We Offer Career Development Assistance

 
How Do We Develop Talent?

 
Leadership and Management

 
Management Styles Matrix

 
Coaching and Mentoring

 
Power

 
Organizational Politics

 
Conflict Management

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 9: Performance Management and Appraisal
Performance Management Systems

 
The Performance Appraisal Process

 
Purposes of Performance Appraisal

 
What Do We Assess?

 
How Do We Use Appraisal Methods and Forms?

 
Who Should Assess Performance?

 
Performance Appraisal Problems

 
Debriefing the Appraisal

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 10: Employee Rights and Labor Relations
Managing and Leading Your Workforce

 
Job Satisfaction

 
Commonly Accepted Employee Rights

 
Organizational Rights

 
Counseling and Discipline

 
Disciplining Ethical Behavior

 
Legal Issues in Labor Relations

 
Unions and Labor Rights

 
Negotiations

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Part IV: Compensating
 
Chapter 11: Compensation Management
Compensation Management

 
Motivation and Compensation Planning

 
Compensation Strategy

 
Executive Compensation

 
Legal and Fairness Issues in Compensation

 
Pay Equity, Pay Transparency, Comparable Worth, and Other Legal Issues

 
Job Evaluation

 
Developing a Pay System

 
Pay Structure

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 12: Employee Incentives and Benefits
The Strategic Value of Incentives and Benefits

 
Individual Incentives

 
Group Incentives

 
Executive Compensation—A Special Case

 
Statutory Benefits – Old Age, Survivor, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)

 
Other Statutory Benefits

 
Statutory Requirements When Providing Certain Voluntary Benefits

 
Voluntary Benefits

 
Flexible Benefit (Cafeteria) Plans

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Part V: Protecting and Expanding Organizational Reach
 
Chapter 13: Workplace Safety, Health, and Security
Workplace Safety and Osha

 
Other Factors in Workplace Safety

 
Employee Health

 
Stress

 
Workplace Security and Violence

 
Workplace Cybersecurity and Policies

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 14: Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Sustainability
Organizational Ethics

 
Ethical Approaches

 
Creating and Maintaining Ethical Organizations

 
Just Because It’s Legal Doesn’t Mean It’s Ethical!

 
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

 
Levels of Corporate Social Responsibility

 
Sustainability

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
 
Chapter 15: Global Issues for Human Resource Managers
Globalization of Business and HRM

 
Legal, Ethical, and Cultural Issues

 
Global Staffing

 
Developing and Managing Global Human Resources

 
Compensating Your Global Workforce

 
Trends and Issues in HRM

 
Chapter Summary

 
Key Terms

 
Key Terms Review

 
Communication Skills

 
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.
    • NEW! An AI Literacy module prepares students to engage confidently with today’s AI tools through an interactive, outcomes-focused experience—with minimal instructor lift and no course redesign required. Available exclusively in Sage Vantage and written by professors who teach and publish about AI, the AI Information Literacy, Academic Integrity, and Responsible AI Use module integrates video, data driven examples, applied activities, Knowledge Checks, and built-in assessments that help instructors track student understanding. Focused on strengthening critical thinking, the module teaches students how to evaluate AI outputs for accuracy and bias while developing responsible prompting strategies that support academic success without compromising students’ intellectual growth.
  • Updated chapters reflect the 2022 Curriculum Guidebook from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), with more than 80% of the primary undergraduate guidelines included, as well as many secondary. The complete guidebook is included in the appendix.
  • New and expanded content covers key and timely topics such as employee development; increasing use of AI; in-person vs. remote work trends; "quiet quitting"; and the critical importance of employee experience.
  • A streamlined organization includes updated headings that better align with revised learning objectives.
  • Additional end-of-chapter cases further illustrate how specific organizations use HRM functions, with critical thinking questions that challenge students to identify and apply the chapter concepts demonstrated in each case.
  • New examples include some of today’s best companies to capture student interest.
KEY FEATURES:
  • A balanced, three-pronged approach that brings together concepts/functions, applications, and skill development helps students master the concepts, apply them, and build essential workplace skills.
  • Trends and Issues in HRM sections cover the latest developments in the field, particularly trends related to data analytics, social media, ethics, privacy, and working in diverse, global organizations.
  • Work Application boxes in the margin pose open-ended questions that prompt students to explain how the HRM concepts apply to their own work experience.
  • Applying the Concept features ask students to determine the most appropriate HRM concept to be used in a specific example.
  • Behavior Modeling features present step-by-step actions to follow when implementing HRM functions, such as how to conduct a job interview and performance appraisal.
  • Chapter-ending learning resources include summaries tied back to chapter-opening learning objectives, lists of key terms along with key term review questions, and communication skills questions.
  • End-of-chapter cases illustrate how specific organizations use the HRM functions; accompanying critical thinking questions challenge students to identify and apply the chapter concepts demonstrated in each case.
  • Skill Builder exercises help students develop HRM skills that they can use in their professional and personal lives.
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