Vocational Guidance, Education & Reference, Human Resources & Personnel Management, Reference, Career Development, Economics, Human Resources, Counseling 

The Handbook of Human Resource Management Education provides a good first step to understanding the development of the field of Human Resources Management (HMR), the nature of HRM educational programs which evolved from that development, and current issues which dominate discussion in academic HRM programs and in HRM practice. This is the first handbook written on HRM education in the United States. The contributors are top HRM educators.
Intended Audience: This book is primarily a reference book intended to enhance knowledge about HRM along a wide range of issues and for a wide range of purposes (such as curriculum choice, curriculum revision, university faculty hiring in HRM, organizational hiring of HRM executives, staffs, and consultants) Given its scope the book should prove valuable to all HRM educators, graduate students, business school deans, college accreditation boards, business executives interested in effective and efficient management of the organization’s human resources, practicing HRM professionals, and anyone who wants to know what HRM is in the United States.  

Contents
Dedication
Preface
SECTION 1: DEVELOPMENT OF THE HRM FIELD AND HRM EDUCATION
Chapter 1. Parallel Approaches to Development of the HRM Field and HRM Education
Vida G. Scarpello, Ph.D., University of Florida
Chapter 2. Human Resource Management Education: Past, Present and Future
Thomas A. Mahoney, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
SECTION 2: HR MASTERS PROGRAMS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL (I/O) PSYCHOLOGY
Chapter 3. The Origins, Development, and Current State of Professional Masters Programs in Industrial Relations
John A. Fossum, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Chapter 4. What We Should Know but (Probably) Never Learned in School: Thoughts on HR Education in Psychology Departments
Cameron Klein, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Central Florida
Renee? DeRouin, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Central Florida
Eduardo Salas, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Kevin C. Stagl, Ph.D., Assessment Technologies Group
SECTION 3: HR EDUCATION IN BUSINESS SCHOOLS
Chapter 5. Developing Quality Human Resource Professionals: Identifying the Appropriate Undergraduate Curriculum, Applying Human Resource Competencies, and Validating Human Resource Competencies
Thomas J. Bergmann, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire
Scott Lester, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire
Chapter 6. The Critical Components of HRM Undergraduate Preparation: Textbook, Application, and Competency Development.
Rebecca A. Thacker, Ph.D. Ohio University
Chapter 7. Two Approaches to Teaching HR to Undergraduate Students: The Colorado and Copenhagen Business School Approaches
David Balkin, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Leon Shjoedt, Ph.D., Illinois State University
SECTION 4: NEW EMPHASIS ON INTERNATIONAL HRM EDUCATION
Chapter 8. The Graduate Class in International Human Resource Management: Strategies and Tactics
Greg Hundley, Ph.D., Purdue University
Chapter 9. Managing People in Global Markets
Colette A. Frayne, Ph.D., California Polytechnic University
Chapter 10. Educating the HR Professional and General Manager on Key Issues in International HRM
Wayne F. Cascio, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Denver
SECTION 5: NEGLECTED TOPICS IN HRMEDUCATION
Chapter 11. Rewards: From the Outside Looking In. .
Jerry M. Newman, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Chapter 12. Conceptual Tools for Studying Ethics of Human Resource Management
John R. Deckop, Ph.D., Temple University
Chapter 13. A Model of the Transfer of Knowledge in Human Resources Management
Dianna L. Stone, University of Texas at San Antonio
Kimberly Lukaszewski, State University of New York at New Paltz
Eugene F. Stone-Romero, University of Texas at San Antonio
SECTION 6: MICRO AND MACRO ORGANIZATIONAL CONCEPTS RELEVANT TO HRM
Chapter 14. Some Psychological Concepts Essential for Human Resource Managers
Brian Murray, Ph.D., University of Dallas
James H. Dulebohn, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Chapter 15. Fundamentals of Organizing: Understanding Structural Design and its Relationship to HRM Practices
Vida G. Scarpello, Ph.D., University of Florida
SECTION 7: STAKEHOLDER VIEWS OF HRM EDUCATION
Chapter 16. HR Executives Views of HR Education: When making hiring decisions does anyone really care what education HR applicants have?
Lynn M. Shore, Ph.D., San Diego State University
Patricia Lynch, Ph.D., HR Value
Debra Dookeran, Ph.D.
Chapter 17. Labor Stakeholder Views of HR Professionals: Implications for Graduate HR Education
Mary E. Graham, Ph.D., Clarkson University
Patrick P. McHugh, Ph.D., George Washington University
Chapter 18. Strategic Partnerships Between Academia and Practice: The Case of Nurturing Undergraduate HR Education
Debra J. Cohen, Ph.D., Society for Human Resource Management
SECTION 8: HR SUCCESS CONSTRAINTS
Chapter 19. ?Be There of Be in HR!? The Trials and Tribulations of Human Resource Management in Business Schools
Sara L. Rynes, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Skip Owens, HR Consultant
Christine Quinn Trank, Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Chapter 20. Why Human Resources Managers Fail as Players in the Strategic Management Process
Nancy A. Bereman, Ph.D., Wichita State University
Gerald H. Graham, Ph.D., Wichita State University
Chapter 21. Why Knowledge of Core Business Functions is Crucial for HR Managers
Herman A. Theeke, Ph.D., Central Michigan University
SECTION 9: HR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS AND PARTING THOUGHTS
Chapter 22. Human Resource Professionals? Success
David A. Pierson, Ph.D., The Pierson Group
Chapter 23. Parting Thoughts on Human Resource Management Education in the United States
Vida G. Scarpello, Ph.D. ., University of Florida
Name Index
Subject Index
 

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.