Case Incidents in Human Resource Management - Understanding Cases with Cartoons

The book under review is an anthology of 50 cases in HRM. There are several cases reported and being used as materials for classroom room discussions. The present book under review appears to be unique on two fronts: first, it is based on the broader philosophy as revealed by Buddha, The Bhagawan. Secondly, each case is associated with cartoons which reflect in symbols the criticality of HR cases. The whole gamuts of HR from ethics to misuse have been succinctly written. The case begins with ethics, later on the source of selection, qualifications, safety, managing accidents, handling deaths, handling women issues, advertisements for selection, sexual harassments and scandals have been discussed. Each case projects a domain of HR. While motivation alone may not lead to better performance, punishments for threats, corruption or any other form of unruly human behaviour may not scuttle performance. Any organization will have pinpricks in dealing with people.