Publisher's Synopsis
"I did not write this book for students who aspire to be specialists in human resource management (HRM). Rather, I wrote it for students of general management whose jobs inevitably will involve responsibility for managing people, along with capital, material, and information. A fundamental assumption, then, is that all managers are accountable to their organizations in terms of the impact of their HRM activities, and they are expected to add value by managing their people effectively. They also are accountable to their peers and to their subordinates in terms of the quality of work life that they are providing"--.