Ivancevich's Human Resource Management, 12e takes a managerial orientation by showing how HRM is relevant to managers in every unit, project, or team. Managers are constantly faced with HRM issues, problems, and decision-making, so the text's primary goal is to show how each manager must be a human resource problem solver and diagnostician. This book pays attention to the application of HRM approaches in "real" organizational settings and situations. Realism, understanding, and critical thinking are important features in the revision. Students and faculty alike have identified readability and relevance as key strengths of the text. The 12th Edition provides a book that stimulates ideas and keeps all users up-to-date on HRM thinking and practice.