This document summarizes key points from Chapter 1 of the textbook "Human Resource Management" by Gary Dessler. It introduces human resource management (HRM) as the process of managing employee recruitment, training, performance evaluation, compensation, and labor relations. HRM is important for all managers to effectively achieve organizational goals. The chapter outlines responsibilities of both line and HR managers. It discusses trends influencing HRM, like globalization, technology, and workforce demographics. Important HRM trends include strategic HRM, evidence-based HRM, and ethics management. The chapter concludes by presenting the book's overall themes of making HRM a shared responsibility, managing diversity, and using measurable evidence to demonstrate HRM's value in challenging economic times