Human Resource Management: A Tool for Gaining Competitive Advantage: A Tool for Gaining Competitive Advantage

Author: Sun Fei
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book aims to meet the educational needs of undergraduate, MBA, and EMBA students who have enrolled in introductory human resource management courses. As managers, these individuals will be invited to address key business issues involving critical human resource programs. Unfortunately, their needs are often overlooked by traditional introductory human resource management textbooks, which tend to focus on various detailed human resource management techniques. However, traditional human resource management books fail to discuss the aspects of human resource management that are most closely related to managers. This book attempts to fill this gap. The theme of this book is effective human resource management, as with the effective management of all other organizational resources, it leads to competitive advantage. Therefore, the book prominently and consistently emphasizes the importance of human resource management and its potential contribution to a company's competitive advantage. This book is an introductory textbook on human resource management, suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, MBA students, and corporate managers who are studying general management courses. The entire book revolves around the theme that effective human resource management can help businesses achieve sustainable competitive advantage, introducing models that link human resource management practices with competitive advantage. The book is divided into four parts and 15 chapters, with the main body consisting of three parts: Part 1: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Part 2: Human Resource Management Issues and Practices, and Part 3: Manager's Guide. At the end of each chapter, there are review questions that connect textbook content with real-world applications, experiential exercises, and case studies. The book also includes a manager's online guide, featuring numerous relevant websites, to provide readers with deeper guidance and assistance, broaden their horizons, and inspire their thinking.