Part One: The Changing Global Business Landscape and How HR Requirements Have Responded
Chapter 1: Overview and Logic
Chapter 2: The Global Perspective
Part Two: The World's Nine Major Regions: Their Business Challenges, HR Competencies and Competitive Practices
Chapter 3: Africa
Chapter 4: Australia and New Zealand
Chapter 5: China
Chapter 6: Europe
Chapter 7: India
Chapter 8: Latin America
Chapter 9: The Middle East
Chapter 10: North America
Chapter 11: Turkey
Part Three: Summary and Integration of Regional Differences
Chapter 12: Common and Customized Competencies: Similarities and Differences Around the World
Chapter 13: Future of Global HR: What's Next?

HR thought leader Dave Ulrich ? bestselling author of HR Champions, The Why of Work, HR from the Outside In, and more--is back with his international colleagues to unpack and distill the finest, most up-to-the-moment thinking from the HR world. Indeed, this book looks at best practices from companies on every continent, offering an expert survey of universal and regional HR dos and don'ts.



Because new and developing global circumstances often require adaptability and changes in best practices, Global HR Competencies documents the decisionand policymaking of some of the world's foremost, leading-edge HR practitioners. Together with his team of researchers, Ulrich has broken down all there is to know about best HR practices around the world--and how they might take shape in the future. Global HR Competencies will teach you:

The guiding principles that HR's next generations can't afford to be without
How HR professionals integrate across all levels of business life in each major region of the world
HR's impact on short-term individual and business performance, and how it can have sustainable impact on customers and society as a whole
How to best employ, develop, and make the most of HR professionals, giving you and your organization the maximum advantage ? wherever you are in the world