Human Resource Management

DEI IN THE WORKPLACE. Significant content revisions and additions have been made to reflect diverse voices and emphasize the spirit of inclusion. Indigenous content, including a brand-new continuous case has been weaved through each chapter. Indigenizing the Workplace prepared by Wanda Rockthunder (Simon Fraser University), with contributions from Shelley Price (University of Victoria), provides a meaningful story to support reconciliation in the workplace.

HR ANALYTICS & DECISION MAKING. This new feature throughout the text highlights an evidence-based approach to HR management and focuses on people, employees, and human capital. Questions in the feature help students use their critical-thinking skills to understand the importance of HR analytics.

EYE ON TECHNOLOGY CASES. This brand-new chapter-ending case series provides an opportunity to open discussions about the human experience at work in the context of technology-enabled practices in the workplace.

EVIDENCE-BASED HRM CASE STUDIES. Updated and strengthened to provide a further end-of-chapter opportunity for students to apply concepts and promote classroom discussion by examining organizations and how their practices illustrate chapter content.

VIDEO CONVERSATIONS WITH CHROs. This new chapter-based video series features conversations with Chief HR Officers from top organizations such as Boeing, GE, HP, Merck and more. The videos are featured in Connect, along with questions related to chapter content.

EXPERIENCING HR. Previously a boxed feature, these experiential exercises encourage students to explore real-world HR topics individually or in teams and are now available to faculty via the instructor resource site.

NEW APPLICATION-BASED ACTIVITIES. These highly interactive, automatically graded exercises provide students a safe space to practice using problem-solving skills to apply their knowledge to realistic scenarios. Each scenario addresses key concepts and skills that students must use to work through and solve course specific problems, resulting in improved critical thinking and relevant workplace skills.

WRITING ASSIGNMENTS The Writing Assignment tool delivers a learning experience to help students improve their written communication skills and conceptual understanding. As an instructor you can assign, monitor, grade, and provide feedback on writing more efficiently and effectively. NEW features include peer review capability and the option of ready-to-use writing prompts (with pre-set grading rubrics).

NEW CONNECT INTERFACE Featuring significant improvements to instructor workflows in Connect, with new features designed to make course management easier:

• NEW! Add Co-Instructors to a Section. Instructors can easily add additional instructors to any section.
• Updated Section Dashboard. The redesigned section dashboard surfaces important information about student performance and assignments without additional clicks.
• NEW! Optimized for Mobile and More Accessibility. Automatic resizing of screen for tablets and smart phones. New pages are screen reader compatible, keyboard navigable, and have up to 400% magnification.
• NEW! Assignments Tab. Provides a clean interface with the ability to view important assignment information without additional clicks. Quickly view information such as assignment types, proctored assignments, and assignments that require manual grading.

PRACTICAL REAL-WORLD APPLICATION. Steen focuses on what students are bound to encounter in their business careers. Issues such as strategy are streamlined to give a greater focus on how human resources are used in the everyday work environment. Best practices and "HR Oops" - two sides of what to do/what not to do scenario; the hands-on "HR How To"; and the real-world "Thinking Ethically" dilemmas are just a few examples of what supports this practical approach.

ENGAGING, FOCUSED AND APPLIED. Steen provides a particularly elevated and timely coverage of current HR issues, is easy to read, and provides the content, tools, and resources to illuminate the relevance of HR to future and current employees, managers, entrepreneurs, executives, and HR professionals.

ACTIVE LEARNING AND CRITICAL THINKING. Steen supports critical thinking, active learning and outcomes-based teaching by offering a wide range of learning materials that will suit all types of course formats and learning styles: end of chapter critical-thinking exercises and cases, interactive video cases, and interesting individual and group work activities (online Experiencing HR feature and Application Based Activities).

HR COMPETENCIES. This book aligns with CPHR Canada's Competency Framework (HR Specific Competencies) and HRPA's Human Resources Professional Competency Framework. See the outline below for chapter alignment.

MCGRAW HILL CONNECT is our highly reliable, easy-to-use homework and learning management solution that includes award-winning adaptive tools and resources to improve student results. Each asset in Connect is designed to address pressing course challenges, like student preparedness, engagement, and developing higher-order critical thinking and workplace competency skills. Connect offers a variety of exercises that move up Bloom's Taxonomy and help students develop higher order thinking skills including: SmartBook 2.0, McGraw Hill eBook & ReadAnywhere App, Quizzes, Videos, Self-Assessments, Video Cases, Chief Human Resource Manager Officer Videos, Manager's Hot Seat Videos, and Application-Based Activities.