This new edition provides an international and up-to-date perspective of human resource management. Expanded and revised to include a range of new HR topics, real-life examples and case studies from around the world.

Division of Labour was invented in the 19th century - No

Modern business is uniquely complex - No

Tips on supervision are recorded in a 5,000-year-old document - Yes

Professional managers were introduced during the 19th century - Yes

Personnel Management dates from the 1890's in the USA - Yes

Management education first appeared in Britain and the Commonwealth - No

Scientific Management was invented by Schmidt - No

Mass production was first used by Henry Ford - Yes

The ideas of F.W Taylor and Henry Ford have no influence on management today - No

'Therblig' was a measure of work - Yes

Elton Mayo was responsible for the famous Hawthorne experiments - No

Basically, HRM is just Human Relations - No

HRM is one of a number of management fashions that have developed over the last few decades - Yes

HRM has a unitarist tradition in the USA - Yes

HRM has a unitarist tradition in Europe and Australasia - No

Traditional personnel managers had high status compared to managers in other business functions - No

The Japanese role model is a mixture of racial stereotyping, myth and reality - Yes

'Just-in-time' and continuous improvement were developed in the USA - No

Introduction of HRM on the Harvard MBA had a significant impact on the subject - Yes

HRM has been portrayed as a proactive approach to people management - Yes

You will find explanations for these answers in HR Topics - Introduction to HRM

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