This document provides an overview of key topics in human resource management including: defining HRM and its relation to management processes; the importance of HRM for all managers; responsibilities of line and staff managers in HRM; trends influencing HRM such as globalization, technology, and demographics; evidence-based HRM; and an outline of the chapters to come. It includes examples of HRM functions and personnel mistakes to avoid. Diagrams depict HRM organizational structures and the interrelation of HRM specialties and processes.