Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Section 1 The environment of human resource management -- Human resource management in organizations -- Human resource strategy and planning -- Equal employment opportunity -- Section 2 Jobs and labor -- Workforce, jobs, and job analysis -- Individual/organization relation and retention -- Recruiting high-quality talent -- Selecting human resources -- Section 3 talent development -- Training human resources -- talent, careers, and development -- Performance management and appraisal -- Section 4 Compensation -- Total rewards and compensation -- variable pay and executive compensation -- Managing employee benefits -- Section 5 Employee relations -- Risk management and worker protection -- Employee rights and responsibilities -- Union-management relations -- Appendix A PHR and SPHR bodies of knowledge and test specifications -- Appendix B Human resource management resources -- Appendix C Major federal equal employment opportunity laws and regulations -- Appendix D Uniform guidelines on employee selection -- Appendix E Pre-employment inquiries -- Appendix F Equal employment opportunity enforcement -- Appendix G Sample HR-related job descriptions and job specifications.