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This book gives every manager, regardless of their functional role, access to cutting-edge research and evidence-based recommendations so they can approach their people management responsibilities with confidence.
List of contents
1. The Non-HR Manager
2. Recruiting Employees
3. Hiring New Employees
4. Interviewing Job Applicants
5. Onboarding New Employees
6. Training and Developing Employees
7. Managing Employee Performance
8. Rewarding Employees
9. Disciplining Employees and Ending Their Employment
10. Retaining Employees
11. Creating an Inclusive Workplace
About the author
Carol T. Kulik (she/her) is a Bradley Distinguished Professor at the University of South Australia, UniSA Business, Australia. Her research focuses on motivating organizations to become gender equality frontrunners, engaging mature-age workers, and empowering employees to negotiate better working arrangements in the next normal.
Elissa L. Perry (she/her) is a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, where she teaches students and executives how to apply research methods and evidence-based management in practice. Her main interest is in applying an evidence-based approach to the practice of diversity management and the creation of inclusive workplaces.
Summary
Human Resources for the Non-HR Manager gives every manager, regardless of their functional role, access to cutting-edge research and evidence-based recommendations so they can approach their people management responsibilities with confidence.
Day-to-day people management is increasingly the responsibility of front-line managers, not HR professionals. But managers are often poorly prepared for these responsibilities; they receive little training (and sometimes have little interest!) in HR. People management is never easy, and it is particularly challenging in COVID-19’s "next normal" workplace, where managers must engage diverse employees across a wide range of working arrangements. This book focuses on the special relationship that line managers have with their employees and describes managers’ responsibilities across the entire employee lifecycle – from front-end recruiting and hiring through to long-term retention. The content is grounded in rigorous academic research, but the book’s conversational tone conveys basic principles without technical jargon. Each chapter includes Manager’s Checkpoints to help readers apply the material to their own workplace, and Manager’s Knots that address gray areas inherent in people management.
The book is designed for any reader currently working as a line manager, or aspiring to a managerial role, who wants to improve their people management skills.
Combined with a complete instructor package, the book provides different types of activities to accompany each chapter: Some Assembly Required, In the News, and Undercover Manager. The activities can be found in the Instructor Resources Download Hub and are designed to align with student cohorts with varying levels of experience.
A full suite of regularly updated resources for students and instructors can be found on the authors' own website: https://www.nonhrmanager.com/.
