***Customers in Australia receive a free supplement covering the new Work Choices legislation when they order Managing Human Resources, please go to ISBN 047081506X***Customers outside Australia, please place your order by clicking the "Buy" button above.The first edition of Managing Human Resources is based on the Human Resource Management 5th edition text by Ray Stone (which will continue to remain available). This abridged edition contains 16 chapters, and has been developed in response to the market\'s demand for a more concise coverage of key topics to reflect the typical 12 to 13 week teaching Semester. It has retained the key strengths that have made the 5th edition the market leading text for Australasian students:Coverage of key contemporary HRM issues and practice in the Asia-Pacific regionEmphasis on HRM strategy and the management of workplace diversityA wealth of practical activities for each chapter such as case studies, class debates, ethical dilemmas, letters to the editor, newsbreaks, soapbox, group/individual exercises, and Wiley Web Q (interactive quizzing) Thought provoking stimulus material from real world Human Resource Managers in each chapter via The Practitioner Speaks boxed featureAbout the AuthorRaymond J. Stone, BA, BCom, DipSocStud (Melb), MA (Ottawa), PhD (Hong Kong), CMAHRI, FIHRM (Hong Kong), Registered Psychologist has more than 30 years experience in international human resource management and has held senior positions in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. He has taught at universities in Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. Raymond Stone\'s articles on negotiating and international human resource management have been published in leading academic and business journals in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. - from Amzon