Cengage Advantage Books: Human Resource Management: Essential Perspectives

by Robert L. Mathis, John H. Jackson

Human Resource Management: Essential Perspectives, 3e offers practical coverage of basic HR concepts and practices, including the review of important laws and regulations as well as an overview of information that is commonly used by human resource professionals. This shortened version of the extremely successful Human Resource Management offers concise, streamlined content that is easy to use and moderately priced. Its focused coverage is ideal for individuals preparing for HR certification exams, Directors of HR and instructors who are seeking basic yet comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of HR concepts and practices. The text is presented in a format that is logical for numerous industries and professional organizations. Overviews, Internet resources, additional information, and suggested readings in every chapter provide users with synopses of every topic as well as direction on where to learn more. The global aspect of HR Management is addressed as it applied in other countries. Future managers learn lessons that they can apply domestically and around the globe.

Genres: Business, School, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Historical Romance, Human Resources, Reference

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Brent · Rating 1 out of 5]

Covers 634 pages without saying anything useful. A profoundly bad textbook full of buzzwords and hype but lacking concrete examples or an intelligent style.

Here are some highlights:

"...in some countries, potential recruits like to work for European and U.S. firms, so recruiters emphasize the "Western" image. But in other countries, cultural employer operational differences change how recruiting is done." (page 183)

Cultural employer operational differences? What does that even mean? How does it change? It's like this textbook is trying to impress students instead of teach them. And it is annoying.

Here's another quote:

"..companies have found that the lack of a career development plan leaves them vulnerable to turnover, and hiring from outside can have drawbacks. When a company attempts to manage careers internally..." (page 293).

What drawbacks? I don't know, it never said.

Here's another gem:

"Some organizations have linked Lean Six Sigma programs together with gainsharing to emphasize the attainment of results. For example, in a global pharmaceutical plant, this kind of program was seen as contributing to improved productivity and lower direct labor costs." (page 407)

Really? Just a few questions? What results were attained? What pharmaceutical plant attained them? How did they do it? And how much did it contribute to results? Oh and by the way, what is Lean Six Sigma? I don't remember covering it in this book, but then again I might have fallen asleep, so who knows.

I was forced by my college to spend $292 on this book and all I got out of it was a migraine. And a bit of a resentment against Human Resources.

These authors should be ashamed to take my money (essentially at gunpoint.) They probably have my money in a Cayman Island bank account, mingling with drug money, blood money, and other illicit gains.

Did I mention that I didn't care for this book?

[Maya · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a great book and it gives you a general idea about human resources with some exact details on certain subjects. I read the previous edition though. The paper quality and pictures are enjoyable, I guess that's what you've got for the price this high.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am loving this class I'm taking. The instructor is very good and has scheduled us in groups to make an employee handbook for a few small businesses around Boise.

[Jaspal]

this is also helpful in HR ....CHECK OUT

[Claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most definitely, this is introduction to HR Administration textbook but the internet resources and suggested reading lists at the end of each chapter are super helpful, especially for those people without a HR background.

[Pakantji Oekoer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Salah 1 buku tentang human resource management yang saya suka, dibanding karya Michael Armstrong. Dan, sepertinya bakal jadi salah satu buku panduan dalam keseharian. :D

[LeAnn · Rating 1 out of 5]

For school

[LeAnn · Rating 1 out of 5]

For school

[Yari · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for an HR course at Liberty University; I decided to keep because of all the good resources it provides.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is little less than a month left before this semester is over but last month I read ahead and finished the textbook, leaving me nothing to do for Human Resource Management except some discussion questions and a couple of tests. This was not a favorite course of mine this school year but it wasn't very difficult. I found most of the reading to be boring but keeping in line with a few of my previous classes. HR isn't a field that I am interested in but I will admit that I understand a few things about how HR works a lot better after reading this. We skipped a few chapters but I did skim through them on my own to get a better overall feel for the text, mainly for this review.
The text is pretty well written and for the most part, linear. It covered some things in-depth and then barely touched on a few things that I would have preferred to know more about but overall, it is a decent text, especially for an online class that has no interaction with the instructor.

[Ally.Always.Reads]

No rating. I don't really think textbooks should get a rating. It's really about how professors teach the information and how students read and learn.

I had to read this for my Advanced HRM course. This is the second HRM course that you have to take to get your Bachelor's in HR. Both of these classes (and textbooks) give a very broad overview of HR. You don't get to really get into every little thing that HR does. (It also didn't help that I took the fast track for both courses. So the total time spent in both classes added up to 10 weeks. And we only met one day a week for an hour and a half.)
If you're looking to get a little information about everything in HR then this is the book to get. But if you have specifics that you really need to go through then try looking for a text on that specific subject.

*I have an updated/more recent edition of this textbook.*

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This slim book provides a very broad overview of HR Management basics. This would be a book that someone in a business program could read to get a general understanding of what it is that HR does. It is not a book that someone studying for a PHR would read to prep for certification. While useful as a broad overview, the book lacks detail, and it also lacks the human touch or humanity that one can find in HR professionals and HR practices. It's very compliance oriented with little direction around how to actually deal with people or create people-centered work environments.

[J. Ewbank · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is one of the sold editions in Human Resource Management. Have used it as a text in the past and found that it covered all of the areas that needed to be covered.

The book is readable for the college student and full of information that is required for those going into HRM.

Solid book.

J. Robert Ewbank, author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"

[Haytham Badawey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains extensive thorough explanation in every aspect of human resources managment. Even though it goes through boring details, I like how this book covers the subject, and once you read it, you don't need to read any further books on the field. It's good as a reference too.

[Jenn Lambert · Rating 2 out of 5]

required reading for a class. When is required reading any fun. My biggest revelation was the fact that I got a better revelation of why things are done they way they are done, and some things at my facility could be done better. So in that respect it was helpful.

[Rodrigo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bons parâmetros. É aplicado ao mercado norte-americano, mas dá pra tirar boas ideias e referências para o Brasil.

[Edelou Peligrin]

NICE!

[Hadeel Rabadi]

good book

[Marissa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Feels kind of out-dated and doesn't seem to cover anything that isn't already common sense/common knowledge.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Course book for Human Resources Management 353 course at WIU

[Dylan Dudlext · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introduction to HR concepts and considerations.

[Meg (booksandwinewithmeg.blog) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good and to the point

[Kadek Adi]

I need to read this book for finishing my Thesis

[Catherine Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book to better myself in Human Resources in my job. Very informative.

[Heatherly Luciano · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great for basic HR Management classes, maybe not as much for graduate classes (which is what I was reading it for).