Increasing numbers of students want their courses to be relevant and to show them
how to apply what they learn, and they want to develop skills they can use in their
everyday life and at work. It’s not enough to learn about HRM; they want to learn how
to be HR managers. This is why we wrote the book. After reviewing and using a variety
of HRM books for more than a decade, we didn’t find any that (1) could be easily read
and understood by students and (2) effectively taught students how to be HR managers. We wrote this text out of our desire to prepare students to be successful HR managers and line managers who use effective HR practices. As the subtitle states, this
book not only presents the important HRM concepts and functions but also engages
students by taking them to the next level by actually teaching them to apply the
concepts through critical thinking and to develop HRM skills they can use in their
personal and professional lives.