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CHOICE Review

Filled with practical advice and helpful guidelines, this thoroughly revised edition includes 80 individual chapters covering the full range of human resource topics. Written for human resource professionals and business executives as well as teachers and students in the field, this authoritative guide provides step-by-step procedures for improving organizational performance in such critical functions as recruiting, selection, employee training, management development, performance appraisal, wage and salary administration, labor relations, and the like. The handbook also offers useful insights into ways of coping with typical human resource issues, such as absenteeism, tardiness, substandard employee performance, and economic layoffs. Expert guidance is also provided on how to develop company policy in such areas as employee communication, compensation for sales representatives, motivation and productivity, and the development of minorities, women, the handicapped, and older workers. While its sheer size will intimidate some readers, the book is a must reference for those interested in the human resource field. Editor Famularo is a widely published, experienced human resource manager, and the list of more than 80 contributors is a who's who of practitioners. This reference is similar in style and content to Human Resources Management and Development Handbook, ed. by William R. Tracey (1985). Highly recommended for academic collections.-T. Gutteridge, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale