pt. I. General introduction and basic knowledge prerequisite to human resources management -- 1. Introduction to human resources management -- 2. The human being as an employee -- 3. The quality assurance approach to human resource management -- pt. II. Human resources and the legislative environment -- 4. Employment law impacting on employment relationships -- 5. Interdependency between employment relations and human resources management -- 6. Employment equity and diversity management -- pt. III. Staffing the organisation and maintaining people -- 7. Job analysis -- 8. Workforce planning and recruitment -- 9. Selection -- 10. Induction and staffing decisions -- 11. Compensation management -- 12. Health and safety management -- pt. IV. Behavioural aspects of human resources management -- 13. Motivation -- 14. Leadership -- 15. Groups and teamwork -- pt. V. Employee, group and organisational empowerment through human resources management interventions -- 16. Job and organisational design -- 17. National level skills development issues -- 18. Training and development of employees and career management at organisational level -- 19. Performance management -- 20. Organisational renewal and change management -- pt. VI. Strategic and international human resources management -- 21. Interdependency between organisational strategy and strategic human resources management -- 22. Human Resources Information Systems -- 23. International human resources management -- 24. The future of human resources management.