Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Human Resource Management and Challenges: 1. Human Resource Management (HRM) and functions. 2. Evolution and structure of HRM Department. 3. Emerging challenges in Human Resource Management. 4. Concepts of HRD and strategic HRM. 5. Key elements of strategic Human Resource Management. II. Acquiring and retaining human resources: 6. Human Resource Planning (HRP). 7. Job analysis. 8. Job design and job redesign. 9. Recruitment. 10. Selection. 11. Induction. 12. Placement and transfer. 13. Retention of talented employees. 14. Employee engagement crucial for retention. III. Human Resource Development Programmes: 15. Employee training. 16. Executive development. 17. Career planning and development. 18. Assessment centre. 19. Mentoring. 20. Performance management. 21. Performance appraisal. 22. Appraisal discussion. 23. Promotion and demotion. IV. Compensation management: 24. Wage and salary administration--an overview. 25. Job evaluation. 26. Methods of wage payment. 27. Wage incentive systems. 28. Fringe benefits and strategic directions in compensation system. 29. Wage policy in India. V. Industrial relations: 30. Industrial relations: an overview. 31. Industrial disputes and machinery for prevention and settlement of industrial disputes. 32. Collective bargaining strategies. 33. Workers' participation in management and quality circles. 34. Employee empowerment. 35. Managing discipline. 36. Disciplinary process. 37. Managing grievances. VI. Welfare of employees: 38. Labour welfare. 39. Health and safety of employees. 40. Social security. 41. Human relations--an overview. 42. Work-life balance. 43. Quality of Work Life (QWL). 44. Job satisfaction. 45. Employee Counselling. 46. Employee's morale. 47. Managing absenteeism. 48. Managing employee turnover. 49. Separation of employees. VII. Organisation context: 50. Managing strategic change and HR Role. 51. Organisational development. 52. Organisational transformation. 53. Organisational culture. 54. Building and maintaining organisational culture. 55. Ethical concerns in HRM. 56. Life-Friendly Organisation (LFO). VIII. Human resource monitoring and emerging topics: 57. Human Resource Information System (HRIS). 58. Human Resource Accounting (HRA). 59. Human resource audit. 60. Human resource research. 61. The balanced scorecard: wholistic organisational performance measurement. 62. HR Outsourcing. 63. Mergers and acquisitions. 64. Talent management. 65. Effectively managing the human resource function in future. 66. Making a difference in HR Function. Index.

"Emerging Human Resource Management discusses several latest concepts, practices and strategic approaches.

Part 1 traces the evolution of HR Department, lists the functions and highlights the key elements of strategic human resource management. The key challenge for HR Manager today is to also become business manager.

Part 2 looks at acquiring and retaining human resources. With workforce becoming increasing diverse, different people need different strokes. Also discusses the concept of employee engagement. The connection between satisfaction and performance.

Part 3 focuses on HR Development Programs. Career planning is increasingly left to individual employees. Career self-reliance and resilience dual careers are becoming the norm. Also discusses the issues relating to performance management and performance appraisal as well as issues relating to promotion and demotion.

Part 4 deals with compensation management. Also discusses, among others, the issue of wage policy in India and issues relating to fringe benefits.

Part 5 focuses on industrial relations. It addresses issues relating to collective bargaining, workers participation, employee empowerment, managing discipline and grievances.

Part 6 deals with employee welfare. Not only legal issues, but also managerial aspects of work life balance, quality of work life, job satisfaction, employee counseling and problems of turnover, absenteeism and redundancy are covered.

Part 7 looks at HR in organisational context and Part 8 concerns itself with issues of measurement, monitoring and evaluation. The issues of HR Audit, research as well as outsourcing and people integration in Mergers and Acquisitions.

The aim of this book is to provide students with all important and contemporary topics in their curriculum. A unique notable feature is that it gives strategic directions on the topics in almost all the chapters. Another important aspect is that at the start of each chapter, details of topics covered are mentioned to facilitate the readers. The volume provides a comprehensive up-to-date coverage of the subjects with emerging trends." (jacket)