Human Resource Management: An Experiential Approach

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Summary: Hard to read
Review: Human Resource Management: An Experiential Approach (2nd Edition) by John Bernardin and Joyce Russell is the textbook used in my MAN 433 Human Resource Management class at Hannibal-LaGrange College. It has very good content. Unfortuneately, it is not presented in the best fashion. There are many charts and examples, but there is not a picture or spot of color to be found in the entire book. The chapters are also extremely long. It is hard to stay focused on what is being read.

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Summary: Human Resource Management
Review: I am using this book for my Human Resource Mangement class at Hannibal-LaGrange College. This book is very basic. It has good content and in-depth discussions of legal issues. The content covers all human resource topics. The objectives are at the beginning of each chapter to help outline the contents. It is written mostly in clear and understandable style. But, most chapters are very wordy and hard to maintain the readers attention. There is no color, graphs or charts to help keep the readers focused . The chapters are repititious and boring. This book is difficult to read and hard to get through each chapter. I would recommend this book for the contents only.

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Summary: Needs a Little Flair!
Review: I am using this book in my Human Resource Management class at HLG. Although the content of the book was excellent, the book lacks personality. The monotone color of the text, tables, etc. just seemed to blend everything together. It was hard to follow the instructor through the book during class because the points of emphasis didn't stand out. Personality aside, the content of the book and its easy to read format were a plus. There were several good examples within the text of real-world applications of the material. There was more docmentation in the notes section than in any other book I have ever seen. A little flair is all this book needs to be excellent!

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Summary: Needs a Little Flair!
Review: I am using this book in my Human Resource Management class at HLG. Although the content of the book was excellent, the book lacks personality. The monotone color of the text, tables, etc. just seemed to blend everything together. It was hard to follow the instructor through the book during class because the points of emphasis didn't stand out. Personality aside, the content of the book and its easy to read format were a plus. There were several good examples within the text of real-world applications of the material. There was more docmentation in the notes section than in any other book I have ever seen. A little flair is all this book needs to be excellent!

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Summary: HRM review
Review: This review is for the book we are using in HRM class at HLG. I think that this is a solid book for HRM class. I do think that the chapters are a little long and the book needs some more color. Our teacher used alot of seperate handouts with this book. Some being comics or little cartoons that went along with HRM issues. I enjoyed them and I think this could be a good way to spice up the book. The many charts throughout the book gave much insight and were helpful at times to show what was really going on more than if it was written.

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Summary: HRM review
Review: This review is for the book we are using in HRM class at HLG. I think that this is a solid book for HRM class. I do think that the chapters are a little long and the book needs some more color. Our teacher used alot of seperate handouts with this book. Some being comics or little cartoons that went along with HRM issues. I enjoyed them and I think this could be a good way to spice up the book. The many charts throughout the book gave much insight and were helpful at times to show what was really going on more than if it was written.

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Summary: Human Resource Management
Review: This textbook is well explained in theories, cases, and examples for future HRM managers. However, the lack of any contrast in colors makes the material hard to get through. Even the figures that in most textbooks are left to stand out, blend to the written text. All the information is excellent, it's just a stain on the eyes to read.

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Summary: Informational but intimidating...
Review: While using this book for my Human Resource Management class, I have learned many of the basic responsibilities of HRM. I feel as though the authors gave good explanations and good examples to back up their ideas. Because the book seemed to be all writing, it was intimidating and sometimes difficult to get through. I think that the reader that finds HRM interesting has an easier time using the book. There are plenty of figures and charts along with excercises and critical thinking sections that gets the reader involved in applying what they have learned. I thought the textbook was appropriate for the course.