Human Resource Management

In our rapidly global economy, with trade barriers falling and competition worldwide, concern is rising in each nation of the world about its ability to compete. Successful competition means that human ability and performance must be at their peak. The workforce management in human resource management it reflected in a shift away from the tendency to prescribe how to manage employees to an, approach that takes a more contingent view of the human resource management practices considered suitable for particular organizations. Issues facing human resources are expected to change dramatically in the next decades. Thus, human resource professionals must play special roles in dealing with these changes and must develop specific competencies to support these roles. Workplace flexibility is expected to be on the rise as the future workplace flexibility is expected to be on the rise as the future workplace, the “virtual office”, is characterized by creative and flexible work arrangements. As more employees work off-site-up to two thirds of an organization in the 21st century-there will be an increase in emphasis on performance and results as opposed to the number of hours worked. While writing this volume, the author has drawn rather freely upon writings and researches done by outstanding scholars and hereby acknowledges their contribution with sincerity and gratitude. The book is written from a practical management perspective in a clear and engaging style. It discusses the major areas of human resource and marketing management. It will serve as a highly informative reference tool for students, teachers, administrators and management professionals.