HRPA Recommended Textbooks
Functional Area 10: Strategy
(HR Planning)
Belcourt, M., & Podolsky, M. (2019). Strategic Human Resources Planning (7th ed.). Top Hat, formerly
Nelson Education.
Dess, G.G., et al. (2018). Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages (5th Canadian ed.).
McGraw Hill Education.
Dess, G.G., McNamara, G., Eisner, A., Lee, S. (2019). ISE Strategic Management: Creating Competitive
Advantages (10th ed.). McGraw Hill Ryerson.
Functional Area 20: Professional Practice
(HR Management & Ethics)
Belcourt, M., Snell, S., Singh, P., Morris, S. (2022). Managing Human Resources (10th Canadian ed.).
Cengage Canada.
Dessler, G., & Chhinzer, N. (2022). Human Resources Management in Canada (15th Canadian ed.).
Pearson.
Steen, S., et al. (2019). Human Resource Management (5th Canadian ed.). McGraw Hill Education.
Peacock, M., et al. (2022). Understanding Human Resources Management: A Canadian Perspective (2nd
ed.). Cengage Canada.
Schwind, H.F., et al. (2022). Canadian Human Resource Management: A Strategic Approach (13th ed.).
McGraw Hill Education.
Noe, R.A., et al. (2023). Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage (13th ed.).
McGraw Hill Education.
Functional Area 30: Organizational Effectiveness
(Org. Behaviour)
Colquitt, J.A., et al. (2022). Organizational Behaviour: Improving Performance and Commitment in the
Workplace (5th Canadian ed.). McGraw Hill Education.
Langton, N., et al. (2019). Management for Organizational Behaviour: Concepts, Controversies,
Applications (8th Canadian ed.). Pearson Education.
McShane, S.L., et al. (2021). Canadian Organizational Behaviour (11th ed.). McGraw Hill Education.
Johns, A., Saks, A. (2020). Organizational Behaviour: Understanding and Managing Life at Work (12th
ed.). Pearson Education.
Robbins, S.P., Judge, T.A., Breward, K. (2023). Essentials of Organizational Behaviour (3rd ed.). Pearson
Education.
Functional Area 40: Workforce Planning & Talent Management
(Recruitment and Selection)
Catano, V.M., Wiesner, W., Hackett, R., Roulin, N. (2022). Recruitment and Selection in Canada (8th ed.).
Top Hat, formerly Nelson Education.
Hari, D., & Samhaber, C. (2022) Recruitment and Selection: A Strategic Approach for Canadian
Organizations (2nd ed.). Pearson Education
Functional Area 50: Labour & Employee Relations
Hebdon, R., Brown, T.C, Walsworth, S. (2020). Industrial Relations in Canada (4th ed.). Top Hat,
formerly Nelson Education.
Suffield, L., & Gannon, G.L. (2020). Labour Relations (5th ed.). Pearson Education.
Functional Area 60: Total Rewards
Long, R.J., & Singh, P. (2022). Strategic Compensation in Canada (7th ed.). Top Hat, formerly Nelson
Education.
Gerhart B., Newman, J., Yap, M. (2021), Compensation (6th ed.). McGraw Hill Ryerson.
Martocchio, J., & Samhaber, C. (2022). Strategic Compensation (1st ed.). Pearson Education.
Functional Area 70: Learning & Development
Saks, A., & Haccoun, R. (2019). Managing Performance Through Training and Development (8th ed.).
Top Hat, formerly Nelson Education.
Noe, A. (2020). Employee Training & Development (9th ed.)., McGraw Hill Ryerson.
Anderson, I. (2022). Training and Development (1st ed.). Pearson Education.
Functional Area 80: Health, Wellness, and Safe Workplace
Kelloway, E.K., Francis, L., Gatien, B. (2020). Management of Occupational Health and Safety (8th ed.).
Top Hat, formerly Nelson Education.
Functional Area 90: HR Metrics, Reporting, and Financial Management
Brewer, P.C., et al. (2020). Introduction to Managerial Accounting (6th Canadian ed.). McGraw Hill
Education.
Weygandt, J.J., Kimmel, P.D., Keiso, D.E., Aly, I.M. (2020). Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business
Decision-Making (5th Canadian ed.). Wiley.
Kimmel, P.D., et al. (2020). Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision-Making (7th Canadian ed.).
Wiley.
Garrison, R., et al. (2017). Managerial Accounting (11th ed.). McGraw Hill Ryerson.
Larson, K.D., Dieckmann, H., (2019). Fundamental Accounting Principles (16th Canadian ed., vol. 2).
McGraw Hill Ryerson.
Mowen, M.M., et al. (2018). Cornerstones of Managerial Accounting (3rd Canadian ed.). Cengage.
Jay, S.R., et al. (2017). Cornerstones of Financial Accounting (2nd Canadian ed.). Cengage.
Kavanagh, M.J., & Johnson, R.D. (2018). Human Resource Information Systems (5th ed.). Sage
Publications.
Phillips, F., et al. (2018). Fundamentals of Financial Accounting (5th ed.). McGraw Hill Ryerson.
Zikmund, W., et al. (2013). Business Research Methods. South-Western/Cengage Learning.
Employment Law
Labour Law Casebook Group. (2011). Labour and Employment Law: Cases, Materials and Commentary
(8th ed.). Irwin Law.
Doorey, D.J. (2016). The Law of Work: Common Law and the Regulation of Work (2nd ed.). Emond
Publishing.
Filsinger, K. (2019). Employment Law: For Business and Human Resources Professionals (4th ed.
revised). Emond Publishing.
Other
Meredith, J.R., et al. (2017). Project Management in Practice (6th ed.). Wiley.