- Focuses on three core areas for successful professional development and practice: managing yourself and others, transferable managerial skills and postgraduate study skills
- New to this edition: new chapter on reflecting and coaching, updated references to the CIPD's HR Profession Map, IT skills integrated into each chapter, more coverage of stress, health and wellbeing and enhanced international dimension throughout the text
- Online resources: instructor’s manual, lecture slides, additional case studies, and sample assignments, checklists and exam guides lecturers can use in their teaching