This book provides a comprehensive explanation of the essential concepts and techniques for effective management of people and their jobs. The book provide a clear, authoritative, well articulated and discussion of human resource management as it used in various organizations. The overall book setting provides a logical and systematic arrangement through various activities involved in human resource management. Specifically, this book contributes the following to the human resource management · It provides a strategic perception of human resource management. In other words, it provides a strategic roadmap for human resource practitioners who are fulfilling their daily duties. · It gives a conceptual basis for a human resource practitioner to make decision about people and their jobs in the organization. · It provide a comprehensive coverage of critical aspects and concepts for practitioners in human resource management · It provides practical solutions and strategies to common problems and challenges encountered in human resource management. The practical implications in each chapter address the practical challenges encountered in managing human resources. Furthermore, the book provides different case studies with different situations to create a deeper practical understanding of key issues in human resource management. The cases also address the steps and solution taken by human resource practitioners to deal with the underlying problems and challenges. · It provides an International and global perspective in cases and illustrations. The book has collected information for different practices implemented around the world so as to broaden the readers’ topic on key issues in managing employees and their jobs. · It is balance in the presentation of different aspects of human resource management. This implies that a balance between theories and the actual practice of human resource management. The book has managed to bridge the gap so it is easy to put the theories into practice.