Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introduction to Personnel/Human Resource Management and The Environment -- Part II. Analysis, Planning, and Staffing -- Part III. Performance Evaluation and Compensation -- Part IV. Training and Development for Better Performance -- Part V. Labor Relation and Safety and Health -- Part VI. Work Scheduling, Quality of Work Life, and Evaluation of Personnel/Human Resource Management.

The first edition of this text was published a decade ago. Bill Gluck was the author of the first edition, which was entitled Foundations of Personnel. It was Bill's belief that many faculty members wanted an uncluttered, straight forward, practically oriented text to use in their personnel courses. He provided a text that appealed to both instructors and students, and this accomplishment is a tribute to his ability to communicate his knowledge in a clear, intelligible way.

Bill's untimely passing prevented his further development and refinement of the text through the three revised editions. This edition still incorporates many of Bill Glueck's ideas, orientation, and basic text structure in its examination of personnel/human resource management (P/HRM). His original crafting of a high-quality and teachable text remains noticeable in this fourth edition. Personnel/human resource management is a necessary activity in all organizations. Its focal point is people. People are the lifeblood of organizations.

Without them, there is no need for P/HRM systems, programs, or procedures. Because they involve people, P/HRM activities have to be fine-tuned and properly implemented in order to achieve desired outcomes. The uniqueness of P/HRM lies in its emphasis on people in work settings and its concern for the well-being and comfort of the human resources in an organization. This edition focuses on people who work directly in P/HRM as specialists, and those who, as employees (e.g., engineers, clerks, typists, machinists, chemists, teachers, nurses) are influenced by it.