Robert L.Mathis博士是美国内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校著名的管理学教授，曾获得“优秀教学成果奖”。他在得克萨斯理工学院获得了工商管理学士学位（MBA）和工商管理硕士学位（MBA），在科罗拉多大学获得了管理与组织专业博士学位。
在过去的25年中，Mathis博士与其合作者发表了多篇文章，内容涉猎广泛。在专业水平方面，Mathis博士在人力资源管理协会和其他专业组织，如管理学会中担任重要职务。他还担任人力资源认证协会（HRCI）的主席，并获得由HRCI颁发的人力资源高级专业人员证书（SPHR）。
Mathis博士还给不同领域的各种规模的企业作咨询，这些领域包括电信、电子营销、财政金融、制造业、零售业、健康卫生和公用事业。他在为中小型企业建立和修改薪酬计划咨询方面有着尤为丰富的经验。Mathis博士还有在其他国家和地区做咨询和培训的经验，如澳大利亚、立陶宛、罗马尼亚、摩尔多瓦和中国台湾地区等。
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Section 1 Nature of Human Resource Management
Chapter 1 Changing Nature of Human Resource Management
Chapter 2 Strategic Human Resource Management
Chapter 3 Individual Performance and Retention
Section 2 Staffing the Organization
Chapter 4 Legal Framework for Equal Employment
Chapter 5 Managing Diversity and Equal Employment
Chapter 6 Jobs
Chapter 7 Recruiting in Labor Markets
Chapter 8 Selecting and Placing Human Resources
Section 3 Training and Developing Human Resources
Chapter 9 Training Human Resources
Chapter 10 Careers and HR Development
Chapter 11 Performance Management and Appraisal
Section 4 Compensating Human Resources
Chapter 12 Compensation Strategies and Practices
Chapter 13 Variable Pay and Executive Compensation
Chapter 14 Managing Employee Benefits
Section 5 Employee Relations and Global HR
Chapter 15 Health，Safety，and Security
Chapter 16 Employee Rights and Discipline
Chapter 17 Union-Management Relationship
Chapter 18 Globalization of HR Management
Appendixes
Appendix A Human Resource Certification Institute Test Specifications
Appendix B Current Literature in HR Management
Appendix C Major Federal Equal Employment Opportuniy Laws and Regulations
Appendix D Starting a Career
Glossary
Name Index
Subject Index
