Fundamentals of Human Resources Management in Canada

This text is appropriate for introductory college and university Human Resource Management courses. Fundamentals of Human Resources Management in Canada provides a comprehensive review of personnel management concepts and practices in a highly readable form. It focuses on the high-performance organization-building better, faster, more competitive organizations through HR; while continuing to offer practical applications that help all managers deal with their personnel-related responsibilities. This new fundamentals text is based on two key premises: 1) HR is the most important asset in the majority of Canadian organizations today and; 2) the effective management of the employment relationship is a responsibility shared by human resources, industrial relations specialists, supervisors, managers, and increasingly employees themselves.