Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Twenty-first Century Human Resource Management -- What Is Human Resource Management? -- Human Resources' Six Core Values -- Responsiveness to the Public's Will -- Social Equity -- Mission-Driven Focus -- Skills-Based Competency in Employment Practices -- Professional Human Resource Competency -- Ethically Based Organizational Culture -- Historical Emergence of Human Resource Management -- Twenty-first Century Workforce Demographics and Diversity -- Demographic Change and Job Shortages -- Women in the Workforce -- Ethnic Diversity -- America's Aging Workforce -- Chapter Summary -- Key Concepts and Terms -- Practical Learning Activities -- Notes -- References -- 2.Human Resources in the Emerging Organization -- Principal Activities of Human Resource Management -- Environmental Influences -- Principal Functions of Human Resource Management -- Human Resource System Management Levels -- Strategic Human Resource Management

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