Popular features of past editions such as letters to the editor, newsbreaks, case studies and the wealth of end-of-chapter material have been retained and revised in the fifth edition. In addition, the following new features have been added:

• The practitioner speaks boxes outline the views of human resource practitioners from a variety of industries on specific issues within each chapter.
• Class debates provide topics to promote class discussion and reflections on contentious HRM issues.
• A running case study gives students an overall HR perspective of an organisation.
• Wiley WebQ (interactive student quizzing) is available for students to test their understanding of chapter material.