How Every General Manager Should Think about Human Resources Human resources are increasingly recognized as an important¿perhaps the most important¿strategic weapon in the organization¿s arsenal. Yet general managers and students of general management have lacked a compelling general framework for thinking about managing human resources strategically. Baron and Kreps provide such a framework:

• Emphasizing connections among different pieces of the organization¿s HRM strategy, as well as links between the organization¿s strategy, technology, culture, and environment and its HRM strategy.
• Tackling important and timely issues, including outsourcing, managing a diverse workforce, pay for performance, teams, high commitment HR systems, and HRM both in multinationals and in emerging high tech start ups.
• Blending together disciplinary thinking from economics, sociology, and social psychology, the book will bring you up to speed on the latest thinking on the subject.
• Emphasizing strategic concepts and insights¿and avoiding technicalities¿this book is written for general managers and HR specialists interested in a general management perspective.