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by David Charles Kimball (Author)
Cases in Human Resource Management provides students with insights into common challenges, dilemmas, and issues human resource managers face in the workplace. Using a wide variety of well-known companies and organizations, author David Kimball engages students with original, real-world cases that illustrate HRM topics and functions in action. Each case is designed to encourage students to find new solutions to human resource issues and to stimulate class discussion. Case questions challenge students to think critically, apply concepts, and develop their HRM skills. The contents are organized using the same topical coverage and structure as most HRM textbooks, making Kimball the ideal companion for any introductory HRM course.
Author Biography
Dr. Kimball has been the Professor of Management at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts for nearly three decades. He is the Chair of The Division of Business which includes majors in Accounting, Management, Marketing, Sport Management, and Health Care Management. Professor Kimball has taught Business Strategy courses at the undergraduate and at the MBA level.
As a former employee in the old AT&T he is often interested in the mobile communications industry and the technology used in similar industries. Before entering the field of teaching full-time, Dr. Kimball also worked at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company as a corporate trainer. At times, Dr. Kimball′s early work experiences at McDonald′s can be found in his views since he still believes in the McDonald′s credo of cleanliness, service, and value. Dr. Kimball completed his dissertation about business mission and written mission statements while finishing his doctorate degree in Management Systems. Dr. Kimball is a co-author of two textbooks. The first of these is in its 3rd Edition and serves as an introductory book on Sport Management, and the second is in its 2nd Edition and is about Entrepreneurship.
