In recent years, the role of human resources management (HRM) has changed from being reactive to proactive. In the contemporary business scenario, HRM plays a strategic role in an organization’s growth and sustainability and is linked with corporate planning, mergers and acquisitions, turnover and rightsizing. Over the years, HRM has asserted the importance of human assets in creating a dynamic and learning organization to successfully compete in the globalized world.

HRM is a process of bringing people and organizations together so that the goals of each other are met. Technological advances, global competition, demographic changes, information revolution and trends towards service society have changed the rules of the game significantly. In such a scenario, organizations with similar set of resources can gain competitive advantage over others only through effective and efficient management of human resources. Presently, HRM is no more an administrative function but a growth-oriented professional function. Human resources managers have to face a number of challenges for managing the modern knowledge-oriented organizations.

The present book contains 17 well-researched papers which provide deep insights into various dimensions of HRM in the Indian context. Authored by academicians and practitioners in the field of HRM, these papers will provide valuable inputs to teachers, students and others interested in the subject.  

Dr. Rabindra Kumar Pradhan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur. His areas of specialization include social and organizational psychology, industrial psychology, managerial psychology, organizational behaviour and human resources development and management. He has more than 15 years of experience in the field of training, teaching and research in the above fields. He has more than 30 publications in referred journals, news papers, magazines and books. He has participated in many national and international conferences, seminars, symposiums and workshops as paper presenter, chairperson, and invited delegate in India and abroad.

Dr. Pradhan is a member of various professional organizations including International Association of Applied Psychology, International Association of Cross-cultural Psychology, Indian Society for Training and Development, National Academy of Psychology, India, Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, and Indian Science Congress Association.

Shri Chinmaya Kumar Podder is currently Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Business Development, Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL), Bhubaneswar. Prior to joining NINL, he was Deputy General Manager (P&A) of Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited at Rasayani, Maharashtra. With 35 years of professional experience, he has more than 200 published articles to his credit. In recognition of his contribution to the field of management, he was awarded fellowship of AIMA in 2003, fellowship of NIPM in 2008 and fellowship of ISTD in 2010. He is the only professional in the country to have been conferred with fellowships of AIMA, NIPM and ISTD.