Includes index and bibliographical references.

Chapter 1 : Introduction to personnel and human resource management -- Chapter 2 : Job analysis and design -- Chapter 3 : Human resource planning -- Chapter 4 : Recruitment and selection -- Chapter 5 : Orientation and training -- Chapter 6 : Employee development and career management -- Chapter 7 : Performance appraisal -- Chapter 8 : Compensating employees -- Chapter 9 : Incentive compensation -- Chapter 10 : Employee benefits -- Chapter 11 : Safety and health -- Chapter 12 : Employee discipline -- Chapter 13 : Communication and human resource management -- Chapter 14 : Labor-management relations -- Chapter 15 : Auditing the human resource program.

The economic development of any nation depends much on the effectiveness and efficiency of its organizations, whether they are business or otherwise. A very critical aspects is the performance of the human resource component. It is already well-established that employees will perform depending on how well they are managed.