Modern Human Resource Management : Principles and Techniques

Contents: Preface. 1. Human resource management: an introduction. 2. Strategic human resource management. 3. Human resource planning. 4. Recruitment, selection, placement and induction. 5. Supervision. 6. Human resource development. 7. Employee education, training and development. 8. Performance appraisal systems. 9. Labour turnover, absenteeism, employee grievances and vocational guidance. 10. Job analysis, description, specification, enrichment and evaluation. 11. Employee compensation. 12. Global human resource management. Glossary. Index.

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