"Once upon a time, companies had Personnel Departments. They hired people, handled benefits, gave out awards for service, trained new employees and planned company functions. Over time, the business environment and workplace grew more complex, and the Personnel Department evolved into the Human...

"The hallmark of this text has always been to be as current and relevant as possible within the confines of a textbook that is updated every three years. Fast and furious changes to the environment of Human Resource Management lately have made that difficult, but we have done our best to stay on...