Dos and don’ts in human resources management: a practical guide.

Abstract

“Keeping IT Short and Simple”—this principle is not easy to follow when it comes to Human Resources Management. But, this group of experienced HR leaders and experts gave it a try—and it worked excellent! All authors focus on clear advice from practice to practice, providing the reader with immediate value-added for his or her work in HR management. Can such advice be debated? Yes, and all authors look forward to your comments in the LinkedIn Forum “KISS HRM—Keep IT Short and Simple in HR Management”! As an experienced HR leader, the reader may use this book as reference when designing new programs or reviewing existing HR practices. As HR employee, the reader will get a comprehensive overview of all areas of HR management from the operational side. As a person interested in working for HR, the book serves as career orientation, informing the reader which topics HR deals with in real-life. For all those who want to reflect the subjects in a more detailed way and those who want to learn from practice examples, this team of authors currently also produces the “Handbook of Human Resources Management”, which will be published by Springer Science + Business Media in 2015. My thanks go to all authors of this book and their families—the authors for spending their anyway scarce recreational time to write the articles and their families for tolerating and supporting it.