Program Objectives.
Upon completion of this program, students will acquire professional in-demand skills and will be able to:

• Identify ways in which organizational performance may be improved through the effective management of people.
• Understand how leadership styles affect various organizational factors and change the organization.
• Identify those areas that influence the motivation of staff and which elicit their willing cooperation and improved performance through conflict resolution and negotiation.
• Review accounting, finance, and economic reports and base management decisions on them.
• Plan and implement management policy in changing environments.

Human Resource Management
by Gary Dessler
Pearson
16th edition

About the authors
Gary Dessler

About the Publisher
Doctor of Philosophy, City University of New York, 1973. Associate dean college business, Florida International U., Miami, 1971-1979; professor business, Florida International U., Miami, since 1979; chairman management and international business department, Florida International U., Miami, 1992-1997. Gary Dessler has been listed as a notable business educator, administrator, consultant, author by Marquis Who's Who. Pearson is the world's largest education company. Although Pearson generates approximately 60 percent of its sales in North America, it operates in more than 70 countries. In 2019 Pearson announced it would begin the process of phasing out the publishing of printed textbooks, in a plan to move into a more digital-first strategy. The company reportedly envisions students relying more on e-textbooks, which would be updated frequently.