Contents include HR in context; HR and the labor market; HR planning-control to seduction; job design-signs, symbols & resignations; recruitment and selection; learning and development; Hr development-the organization and the national framework; management development; employment relationship and contractual regulation; establishing the terms and conditions of employment; reward and performance management; employee empowerment; from Morrison to Markets to modernization; HR in the public sector; international human resources; HR in Europe; HR in Japan, China & South East Asia.