Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Managing human resource, however, requires leaders with sufficient skills. Although experience is very important factor, other modes of learning like reading books also play important parts in developing would-be human resource management practitioners.