Human Resource Management (8th Edition)
Worth buying if: You want a substantial reference on human resource management by Gary Dessler.
Skip it if: You need a current account of workplace policy, technology, or employment practice.
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Summary
Published by Prentice Hall in 2000, this general-interest volume focuses on human resource management. Its 699 pages make it suited to sustained study or reference use.
Why this book now
Read it now as a period snapshot of how human resource management was presented at the turn of the millennium.
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- You want a substantial reference on human resource management by Gary Dessler.
- You value a full-length, textbook-style treatment over a brief overview.
- If you enjoy condensed, powerful scenes, the plot offers no tidy answers, leaving your sympathies to shift as characters make difficult decisions.
- You need a current account of workplace policy, technology, or employment practice.
- You prefer short books rather than a 699-page volume.
- If you dislike shifting perspectives, the prose indulges in poetic detours that slow narrative progress.
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Exact edition: Hardcover · ISBN-13 9780130141248
Worth buying if: You want a substantial reference on human resource management by Gary Dessler.
Skip it if: You need a current account of workplace policy, technology, or employment practice.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
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At 699 pages, this is a serious reading commitment, best approached over time or used selectively as a reference.
What stands out here
This record highlights the eighth edition, published by Prentice Hall in 2000.
Best way to approach it
Approach it as a structured study or reference book, consulting sections selectively when a focused treatment of human resource management is needed.
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Hardcover: ISBN-13 9780130141248
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