This edition brings together some of the leading HRM consultants from the Hay/McBer division of the Hay Group. The authors from Europe, USA and Asia draw on their experience of working with leading organizations across a broad spectrum of sectors, cultures, services and geography. They give insights into how companies strengthen their competitiveness through competency-based HR applications; aligning corporate strategy and the management of people; implementing competency based HR in an international environment; and relating competency to pay.