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Book SynopsisHuman resources is rapidly evolving into a data-rich field but with big data comes big decisions. The best companies understand how to use data to make strategic workforce decisions and gain significant competitive advantage.
Human Resource Management: People, Data, and Analytics by Talya Bauer, Berrin Erdogan, David Caughlin, and Donald Truxillo introduces students to the fundamentals of talent management with integrated coverage of data analytics and how they can be used to inform and support decisions about people in an organization. Features tied to SHRM competencies and data exercises give readers hands-on opportunities to practice the analytical and decision-making skills they need to excel in today’s job market. Engaging examples illustrate key HRM concepts and theories, which brings many traditional HRM topics concepts to life. Whether your students are future managers or future HR professionals, they will learn best practices for managing talent across the lifecycle in the changing workplace.
Trade Review"The text offers useful and appropriate examples of the use of analytics in HRM." -- Gwendolyn M. Combs
"An interesting and novel approach to teaching HRM." -- Michael W. Hill
"Excellent data-driven text." -- Kevin J. Hurt
"[This] is a good, comprehensive Human Resource Management textbook for the Undergraduate level or for Graduate students with a concentration in HR." -- Patricia A. Ippoliti
"A state-of-the-art textbook on HRM." -- Robert W. Halliman
"…adds elements of currency and insight based on business and industry trends. The book purports to focus on data analysis and improving HR decision making skills based on data, objectivity, ethics, and legal frameworks." -- Jalane Meloun
"This is a well-written, comprehensive textbook that covers each of the chapter topics in-depth. The end of chapter exercises appear useful for external, potentially internal, assignments." -- Kevin J. Hurt
"This textbook does a much better job of acknowledging the importance of data and gives students a chance to work with data–a big plus." -- Brian D. Webster
"This textbook is an all-encompassing book that covers in detail, the critical performance areas of human resource management and how information technology is used for decision making and in creating a competitive advantage." -- Benjamin B. Yumol
"[Human Resource Management] is a well written, well organized textbook with current cases taken from today’s headlines, laid out in an instructor and student friendly way. If our college wants to emphasize data driven analytical HRM strategic decision making, this is the perfect introductory text." -- Otha Carlton Hawkins
"With the recent changes to the HR field as a whole to be a more integrated discipline, Bauer et al’s text does a spectacular job of expanding upon core content from organizational behavior, business law, business analytics, leadership, and management and frames that content in an HR lens…this text provides in-depth integration of those topics fused with current case studies and references to popular culture." -- Lou L. Sabina
"A refreshing approach to HRM that highlights the importance of HRM in maintaining and building the bottom line for companies and enhancing work environments." -- Robert W. Halliman
"The practice and science of HR come together!" -- Joseph Simon
"I would say that this HR textbook is a more research-focused and data-driven textbook. It really focuses on the importance of leveraging data to make more informed HR decisions. It is evidence-based and draws more heavily on research. I think it is a textbook that would challenge our students more and better prepare them for the changing nature of human resources." -- Kathleen Jones
"[This is] an upper-level HRM textbook that presents material with a data-focused approach. The textbook covers traditional HRM concepts such as job analysis, talent management, and occupational safety and health through the use of a data-analytics approach, in which students actually practice implementing HRM decisions using data." -- Caitlin A. Demsky
"[This is] the start of a new era in HR textbooks by linking content to the SHRM competencies and making the concepts more applicable in practice using the EBDM approach." -- Randy McCamey
"Very quantitative in its application. References a great deal of research from SHRM and heavy emphasis on data analytics." -- Terry J. Schindler
"The text provides relevant and current research data through real world scenarios which impacts current HRM challenges." -- Mike Bojanski
"This text provides a very engaging and illustrative overview and analysis of current topics in HRM. It engages the students to think beyond the content of the book and evaluate how they have been or how they want to be treated in organizations from an HR perspective." -- Bruce Gillies
"This text is an excellent Introduction to Human Resources text. Its major advantage over competing books is the conveying the growing importance of analytics in HR management." -- Jeffrey Hefel
"This textbook is very well written and extremely detailed. I feel like all of the HR books I have used are not this in-depth in their scope nor do they cover so many important topics. In addition, all of the information in the text is supported by research and current real-world examples." -- Candice A. Osterfeld Ottobre
Table of Contents1. Introduction to Human Resource Management Opening Case: HRM in Context: The Case of Chobani’s Evolving HR Culture What is Human Resource Management? Why HRM Matters The Changing Context of HRM HRM as a Profession Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 2. Strategic HRM, Data-Driven Decision Making, and HR Analytics Opening Case: Strategic HRM in Context: The Case of Strategy and HR Analytics at Chevron What is a Strategy? Strategic HRM: Linking Strategy with HRM From Then to Now: The Origins of Strategic HRM Strategic HRM, Data-driven Decision Making, and HR Analytics HR Analytics and the Scientific Process Ensuring HR Analytics Success Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 3. Data Management and Human Resource Information Systems Opening Case: Shifting to a Data-Driven Organization with HRIS: The Case of Nissan Managing Data Opportunities for Data Management and HRIS Challenges for Data Management and HRIS Developing a Human Resource Information System Implementing a Human Resource Information System Getting Technical: Core Information System Concepts Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 4. Diversity, Inclusion, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Laws Opening Case: Diversity Challenges in the Tech Industry: The Case of Pinterest Challenges and Benefits of Managing Diversity Effectively Understanding the Legal Environment of Diversity Diversity and Inclusion in the Age of People Analytics Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 5. The Analysis and Design of Work in Organizations Opening Case: The Development of SHRM’s Competency Model for HR Practice The Analysis of Work and Its Critical Role in HR Practice Collecting Job Analysis Data Specific Job Analysis Methods and Approaches Designing Jobs to Enhance Motivation, Attitudes, Wellbeing, and Performance Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 6. Workforce Planning and Recruitment Opening Case: Creating a College Recruitment Pipeline: The Case of PWC Understanding the Labor Landscape: The Workforce Planning and Forecasting The Recruiting Process Stages of Recruitment Spotlight on Data and Analytics: Internal Recruiting at Credit Suisse Recruiting for Diversity A Broader View of Workforce Planning and Recruitment Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 7. Selection Processes and Procedures Opening Case: Finding the Best Fit: The Case of Selection at Google Setting the Stage for Selection: Job Analysis, Recruitment, and Legal Issues Data-Driven Criteria for Choosing Selection Procedures: Reliability, Validity, and Utility Strategically Choosing and Combining Selection Procedures Selection Procedures Emerging Issues in Selection Applicant Reactions to Selection Methods and Procedures Deployment of Selection Procedures Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 8. Training, Development, and Careers in Organizations Opening Case: Using Training and Development to Drive Igloo’s Culture of Commitment Training Needs Assessment Enhancing Learning Training Methods Evaluating the Effectiveness of Training Programs Career Development and Management Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 9. Performance Management Opening Case: Transforming Performance Management at Deloitte What is Performance Management? Design Features of Performance Management Systems Conducting Fair Performance Reviews Improving the Effectiveness of Performance Management Teaching Managers How to be Good Coaches and Build Trust Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 10. Managing Employee Separations and Retention Keeping the Seats Occupied: Analytics as a Retention Management Tool in the Trucking Industry Understanding and Managing Employee Separations Voluntary Turnover Managing Employee Retention Involuntary Turnover: Dismissals Involuntary Turnover: Layoffs Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 11. Developing a Pay Structure Opening Case: Equal Pay for the US Women’s National Soccer Team Pay as a Reward Fairness of Rewards Developing a Pay Structure Person-Based Pay Structures Executive Pay Pay Administration Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 12. Rewarding Performance Opening Case: Improving Patient Care with Financial Rewards: Geisinger Health System Pay as a Motivator Theories of Motivation Strategy and Pay for Performance Challenges and Opportunities in Rewarding Performance Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 13. Managing Benefits Opening Case: Providing Benefits to Gig Workers at Care.com Benefits as Rewards Legally Required Benefits Additional Healthcare Requirements Voluntary Benefits Administering and Communicating Benefit Programs Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 14. Employee and Labor Relations Opening Case: The First B Corp Certified US Grocery Store: The Case of New Seasons Market Factors Influencing Employee Relations Organizational Policies and Procedures The Labor Movement The Collective Bargaining Process Negotiation Phase and Collective Bargaining Content Failure to Reach an Agreement Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 15. Employee Safety, Well-Being, and Wellness Opening Case: Putting the Brakes on Train Derailments: Promoting Safety on Public Railways The Role of HRM in Worker Safety and Health Workplace Safety Workplace Stress Employee Wellness Programs Workplace Interventions: Solutions to Address Specific-Well Being Issues Total Worker Health: An Integrated Approach to Worker Well-Being HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises 16. Opportunities and Challenges in International HRM (IHRM) Opening Case: Talent Management in the Danger Zone: The Case of Mercy Corps Global Transfer of HR Practices Important Considerations When Transferring HR Practices across Borders Managing HR Globally Management of Expatriates Alternatives to Long-Term Relocation Assignments Chapter Summary Key Terms HR Reasoning and Decision-Making Exercises
