NEW FEATURES

• 17 new high-impact "Your Career Matters" boxes which include, Can Telecommuting Hurt Your Career, Impression Management Leads to Successful Interviews and Alternative Ways to Motivate Employees during Tough Times.
• Addition of current/relevant topics, including shifting demographics, ethical issues, global challenges, work/life balance decisions, Zappo’s “fun" culture, "love contracts" and office romance policies, and the NFL player lockout.
• Added companies/organizations, include: Society for Human Resource Management, Netflix, Google, Starbucks, Best Buy, Apple, Tata Consultancy Services, U.S. Supreme Court, State of Florida, Aon Hewitt, Facebook, Twitter, Boeing, Accenture, Scripps Health, Fisher-Price, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Coca-Cola Company, SAS Institute, Independent Pilots Association, MetLife, Xcel Energy, Gore-Tex, Johnson & Johnson, and Sodexo.
• More small- and medium-sized company examples.

RETAINED FEATURES:

• Each chapter begins with a Career Challenge—a short situation emphasizing applied HRM techniques and issues that is further developed at various points in the chapter and at its conclusion.
• HR Journal—a brief news story or best-in-class example about an actual company, technique, or group of people.
• HR Memo—a margin item that highlights a statistic, fact, historical point, or relevant piece of information.
• The most recent statistics and data available on topics covered in the chapter.
• The law and its impact on HRM is introduced to illustrate why managers must be up to date and knowledgeable about legal matters.
• Each chapter concludes with an application case(s) and/or experiential exercises—reflecting HRM issues, concerns, and problems faced in organizations of various sizes and in a wide array of industries.