Raymond A Noe Bücher

This text takes a contemporary and comprehensive approach to managing organizations - it covers the major issues while paying particular attention to the people side of management. The book addresses the environment, strategy, structure, change, diversity, technology and operations, while paying particular attention to their effects on people and their organizations. It provides coverage of both theories of group dynamics and exploration of how teams are being implemented in modern organizations. Using real companies, cases illustrate modern management practice. Also included are examples of individual managers and organizations that have distinguished themselves either positively or negatively.

The authors of this text present the view that effective management of human resources is necessary to gain a compettitve advantage. The four challenges that they face are the global challenge, the quality challenge, the social challenge and the high performance work challenge. This text provides students with the technical background needed to be a successful HR professional. The text also emphasizes how managers can more effectively acquire, develop, compensate and manage the internal and external environment that relates to the management of human resources.

"Traditionally, training and development were not viewed as activities that could help companies create "value" and successfully deal with competitive challenges. Today, that view has changed. Companies that use innovative training and development practices are likely to report better financial performance than their competitors that do not. Training and development also help a company develop the human capital needed to meet competitive challenges"

13e offers comprehensive coverage of HRM concepts that teach students how to strategically overcome challenges and gain competitive advantage in the workplace.Based on the authors’ diverse research, teaching and consulting experiences, this product has incredibly strong depth and breadth that is current in research and practice simply not found in other texts.