Directed primarily toward undergraduate business or management majors, this text also provides practical content to current and aspiring industry professionals. There is no greater asset to a company than its employees—which is why Human Resource Management shows readers how to maximize a firm’s potential through identifying and keeping an ideal workforce. The new edition reflects many recent changes in the industry, across the country, and around the globe, including the 2012 national elections, continuing economic uncertainly, technological changes including an increase in mobile recruiting and learning, and the integral role that social media tools such as wikis, blogs, LinkedIn Facebook, and Twitter now play in the field of HR. The book provides helpful insights for those who aspire to management positions.