HR AUDIT -PREFACEHuman Resources Audit is an innovative product and not many manufacturing or non-manufacturing units have started seeing the powerful utility of this system. In India Huma Resources Management is too complex to be taken easily. It is the product of a continuously changing flued industrial environment. It is taking shape in both evolutionary as well as revolutionary manner. Industrial relations in India a child of blood -strained Indian history where parties like Trade unions, Industrialists, Governments played active role while training system is he contribution of a group of early researcher practitioners of management; welfare and safety -systems are evolved out of sweat and blood of struggling, industrious industrial workers. Similarly HRD is evolved by path-breaking new generation highly educated HR talents.The book tries to make a comprehensive survey of efforts to be undertaken to cover the entire gamut of HRM under audit as we assume that HR audit can be utilized for ensuring compliance regulatory requirements and also to generate systems as progressive HR measures to meet future challenges. It consists of 7 chapters. Chapter 1 deals with HRD; chapter 2 Industrial relations; chapter 3 training; chapter 4 welfare measures; chapter 5 recruitment, selection and placement; chapter 6 contract workers; chapter 7 wages.A ready-made questionnaire for HR Audit will be a very useful asset for practicing HR Management.The most useful part of the manual is the Directory at the end.It gives an Action Plan on HR AUDIT comprising of the best of HR principles for success of a corporation.