Context is very important in management, especially in human resource management. Human Resource Management in the Philippine Context presents not only the whats and hows of HR functions and practices, but also the whys in terms of theoretical frameworks. Discussions are reinforced by what are obtaining in the Philippines through the following features in each chapter: “Legally Bound,” “Case to Case,” and “Survey Says.” “Legally Boundprovides the laws pertinent to the chapter while “Case to Case” depicts a short case exemplifying a particular human resource management practice by a specific company. The feature “Survey Says” in turn presents statistics taken from the Philippine Statistics Authority and the results of a study on HRM practices in the Philippines conducted as part of a survey by the Cranfield Network on International Human Resource Management (CRANET). This book is a basic resource for students in management, as well as for practitioners new to the field.

1. Personnel management ? Philippines.