Acknowledgments

Published books represent more than the words that authors write, for they typically are products of the collective efforts of many people, and this one is no exception. We would like to thank Professor Carolyn Youssef and the inaugural class of the Ph.D. program in human capital management at Bellevue (Nebraska) University for their many helpful comments on material in the first edition of the book. In addition, we sincerely appreciate the enthusiastic encouragement and guidance that we received throughout the project from former Acquisitions Editor Jennifer Simon, Assistant Marketing Manager Megan Colvin, and Project Editor Jovana San Nicolas-Shirley of Pearson Education. We also deeply appreciate the support provided by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) for the development of the software (accessible at http://hrcosting.com/hr/) that accompanies the book, and we thank our software developer and updater, John Jarrard, for the high-quality software that he developed and continues to maintain. Of course, any omissions or errors are the responsibility of the authors alone.