Managers are constantly faced with Human Resource Management (HRM) issues, problems, and decision making. Taking a managerial orientation, this text aims to show how each manager must be a human resource problem solver and diagnostician. It also pays attention to the application of HRM approaches in real organizational settings and situations.
This is one of the worst textbooks I have ever had the displeasure of reading, much less paying $158 for--it needs a fact-checker, a copy editor, and an editor. The problem may stem from changes to a previous edition, but it looks like some data was updated and other data was not. Also, the chapter summaries were clearly written by people who did not read the chapters themselves.
Here is a choice excerpt, from page 484: "If the EU is the standard by which the success of NAFTA must be measured, then NAFTA is a success, especially compared to the EU."
Worst chapters so far: 2, 9, 12, 15.
The author should be embarrassed, as should the publisher.