CIPD-Institute of Personnel & Development United Kingdom Human Resource Management for MBA Students Everything MBA Students Need to Become Effective Managers If you are on an MBA or general business and management master's program, this book has been written for you. Designed to provide you with a foundation of HR theory and practice, it will help with your studies and enable you to become a better manager. Human Resource Management for MBA Students places HR in a managerial context and covers the key areas that managers need to know. It offers a real-world perspective on people management, and provides strong support in recognition of the limitations on time that MBA students have. Contents People-management: Personnel management and human resource management Engaging your people: How to motivate your people and what HRM can do to help Getting and keeping the right people: Recruitment and selection; talent management, employee exit, downsizing Getting your people organized: Job design and patterns of work HRM and competency Rewarding your people fairly Helping your people to learn Working with your people: Employee relations Getting the best from your people: Managing diversity Looking ahead: HRM and strategy Growing your own talent: Leadership and management development HRM in mergers and acquisitions International HRM Review and future trends The Author Iain Henderson joined Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University in June 2004 as a Senior Teaching Fellow. His principal responsibilities are to support the teaching and development of the MBA and DBA programs and modules in organizational behavior, strategic planning, and research methods. "There is a need for a book specifically written for MBA students and this book fills that niche in the market. It is clearly written and provides an authoritative account of recent research and key theories of HRM for students at the master's level who are not necessarily specialists in this area." Caroline Hook, Senior Lecturer in HRM, Huddersfield University Business School 320 Pages February 2008 ISBN: 1843981475 Price: £34.99 Member price: £31.49 Student discount price: £27.99 Order it now from CIPD, http://www.cipd.co.uk/bookstore Key Facts: Visit www.cipd.co.uk/bookstore to buy your copy of Human Resource Management for MBA Students