It gives me great pleasure to present the First Edition of the book on Basics of Human Resource Management. This book will be useful for students who are undergoing Graduate and Post-Graduate Studies in Management / Commerce (Full-time, Part-time and Distance Education) and young executives working in HR and Administration. The book covers the syllabi on Human Resource Management of most Indian Universities. Case studies have been included to enable the students to learn the application of the principles of Human Resource Management.

Contents: 1. Nature and Scope of Human Resource Management. 2. Human Resource Development. 3. Evolution of Management of Human Resources. 4. Recent Trends in Human Resource Management. 5. Human Resource Planning. 6. Job Analysis, Job Design and Job Evaluation. 7. Recruitment, Selection and Induction. 8. Training and Development. 9. Employee Performance Appraisal. 10. Compensation Management. 11. Career Planning and Development. 12. Leadership and Motivation.13. Communication. 14. Conflict Management. 15. Organisation Development. 16. Human Resource Management during Mergers and Acquisitions. 17. Employee Welfare and Discipline. 18. Participative Management. 19. Industrial Relations. 20. Trade Union. Case Studies with Comments. References.