Versioning History
| 2016 | Human Resources Management | University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing | CC BY-NC-SA |
| 2020 | Human Resources Management – Canadian Edition | Concordia University | CC BY-NC-SA |
| 2021 | Human Resource Management (Ontario Edition)1st Edition | Loyalist College | CC BY-NC-SA |
| 2022 | Human Resource Management (Ontario Edition) 2nd Edition | Loyalist College | CC BY-NC-SA |
| 2023 | Human Resource Management (Ontario Edition)3rd Edition | Fanshawe College | CC BY-NC-SA |
| 2023 | Human Resource Management NSCC Edition | NSCC | CC BY-NC-SA |
Canadian Edition
Human Resource Management (Ontario Edition) was adapted from Human Resources Management – Canadian Edition by Stéphane Brutus and Nora Baronian published by Concordia University in 2020, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, has been adapted from Human Resources Management by University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. Changes from the original book include:
- Additions of Canadian content (e.g. links, images, videos, cases)
- Updates of content based on the Covid-19 pandemic
- Major revisions to the chapters on the HR environment and Labour Relations based on the Canadian context
- A new chapter on HR Analytics
Ontario 3rd Edition
This book was adapted from Human Resources Management – 2nd Ontario Edition. The following content was revised, changed or added to create this version.
Additional content was taken from:
- Strategic Project Management: Theory and Practice for Human Resource Professionals by Debra Patterson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
- Human Resources for Operations Managers by Connie Palmer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
| Overall | Updated all references and ensured APA compliance. Updated learning outcomes. Added chapter summaries. Added Key Terms. Added chapter exercises, case studies and questions. Added Think Boxes for student reflection throughout the chapters. Moved case studies to the end. Added new images and graphics throughout. |
| Chapter 1 | Adapted from Chapter 1 from HR Management – 2nd edition Broke down content into smaller sub-sections. Expanded on definitions. Removed some figures. Added section on the pandemic. New sections on History of HRM, the Role of HRM, and the HR manager. Moved HRPA content to Chapter 12. |
| Chapter 2 | New Chapter on HR planning. Added content on Human Resource Information Systems from HR Management – 2nd edition |
| Chapter 3 | Adapted from Chapter 2 from HR Management – 2nd edition Renamed the chapter. Added in definitions. Expanded content on HR laws, and added examples. Added protected grounds, harassment and Tort Law. New page on provincial HR laws Expanded content on discrimination, and duty to accommodate, employment equity plan, and added examples. Moved pay equity content. |
| Chapter 4 | Adapted from Chapter 3 from HR Management – 2nd edition Added in job description. Added in Industrial engineering, ergonomics. New page for: Contemporary Issues in Job Design, added flex time, and compressed work week. Added definitions for concepts/theories. |
| Chapter 5 | Adapted from Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 from HR Management – 2nd edition – combined both chapters. Added importance of recruitment, job application forms, and links to sites. New section on recruitment plan Re-wrote section on the law and recruitment. Added more on errors and bias, as well as structured questions with examples. |
| Chapter 6 | Adapted from Chapter 6 from HR Management – 2nd edition Changed title of the chapter. Added onboarding steps, Bloom’s taxonomy, learning principles. Created a new section on employee orientation and onboarding. Changed section for on the job and off the job training and added in subsections. Expanded on synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid learning. Created new section on web-based learning and employee and career development Added steps in career development, and steps to employment plans. |
| Chapter 7 | Adapted from Chapter 8 from HR Management – 2nd edition Added introduction to responsibility of HR Expanded on total compensation packages, and pay systems. New pages: compensation strategies and Laws Relating to Pay, added Pay Equity, Employment Standards, Unions, and Goals of Benefits. Changed to Mandatory and Voluntary Benefits, expanded on definitions, added all the voluntary benefits with definition and some examples New page on flexible benefits. |
| Chapter 8 | Adapted from Chapter 7 from HR Management – 2nd edition Added content on goals of employee benefits, and outlining the different types of benefits. Added content on wellness programs, and expanded on existing content. added new page on laws related to pay. |
| Chapter 9 | New chapter on Health and Safety. Adapted from Chapter 10 from Human Resources for Operations Managers Added content from adapted text on health hazards. Created new content on record keeping and accident investigations. |
| Chapter 10 | Adapted from Chapter 10 from HR Management – 2nd edition Updated content. |
| Chapter 11 |
New chapter Adapted from Chapter 10 from Strategic Project Management: Theory and Practice for Human Resource Professionals Added content on international environments and definitions of types of companies. New graphics |
| Chapter 12 |
Adapted from Chapter from Skills Needed for HRM from HR Management – 2nd edition |
| Version | Date | Change | Affected Web Rage |
| 1.0 | May 3, 2023 | Publication of 3rd edition. | N/A |
| 1.1 | Sept 26, 2023 | Added audio for the key terms in each chapter Added H5P interactives to the summary page in each chapter. |
Key Terms pages in each chapter Summary pages in each chapter, except for Chp 12. |
