Human Resources & Personnel Management

Traditional approaches in the wide field of employment relations focused on a small and clearly delineated set of actors, such as trade unions and employers' organizations, operating within the constraints given by formal, nationally confined...

This book argues that employers' organizations are resilient organizations that adapt to changing circumstances by developing new practices. Adaptation has been prompted by changing economic and social contexts, including state interventions and union...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250258403Author Kim ScottFormat PaperbackImprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 173mm * 112mm * 30mm

This book provides analyses of key campaigns and events of World War II and what today's business managers and executives can learn from them.Book InformationISBN 9781907794056Author Ignacio Gonzalez-PosasaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint LID...

In The Facilitator's Guide to Immersive, Blended, and Hybrid Learning, veteran virtual trainer and learning tech maven Cindy Huggett examines the role of a facilitator in immersive, blended, and hybrid learning environments and offers cutting-edge...

Introduction to Human Resource Management (HRM) is a textbook designed primarily for undergraduates new to the subject. Written in a concise and accessible style, it is ideal for introductory courses and modular programmes. The student is supplied with a...

Your hiring decisions can make or break your team. Hire the right employees, and your team's performance will soar. Bring the wrong ones on board, and you're likely to see productivity and morale plummet. How to hire right? Understand and master the many...

Recruit, create, and retain the best teams In Who Is the New How: Strategies to Find, Recruit, and Create the Best Teams, a team of accomplished talent experts delivers a hands-on roadmap to filling your most mission-critical roles with the best people...

HR professionals have made major strides toward becoming strategic partners. But they need to do more - by generating value through savvy decisions about talent. HR leaders typically assume that, to make such decisions, they must develop sophisticated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780730385356Author Raymond J. StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 664Imprint John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdPublisher John Wiley & Sons Australia...

Personnel Management is a business function and business is a value-adding activity. A business, be it agriculture, manufacturing, mining, trading, or any other activity, is a process of conversion for the purpose of satisfying human needs and thereby...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523098057Author Frederick A. MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler PublishersWeight(grams)...

Personnel Management is the ideal text for students on a wide range of professional and business courses and will also assist the newly appointed practitioner in developing the skills necessary to manage people effectively at work whilst encouraging the...

Supporting and Sustaining Well-Being in the Workplace: Insights from a Developing Economy explores how our understanding of the human experience at work can be enhanced and how this has broader implications for employee well-being. Each chapter covers...

Learn to Create Effective MicrolearningMicrolearning is an essential tool that talent development professionals can use to fully engage their learners and tackle organizational performance needs. How do you know if the microlearning approach is...

Currently, internationally dispersed teams are commonplace among global companies. Managers are often aware conceptually of the different dimensions of culture, yet struggle to translate these concepts into their daily activities. This book gives...

While communicating is a vital skill for managers at all organizational levels and in all functional areas, human resource managers are expected to be especially adept communicators, given the important interpersonal component of their roles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345376251Author David DorseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 434gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820474007Author Janie M. Harden FritzFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 480g

This new second edition is thoroughly updated and expanded, with 38 chapters covering a wide range of topics important to health promotion. Editor Nico Pronk, has expertly compiled the writings of nearly 100 contributors to create an invaluable reference...

Human capital and organizational capital are increasingly important as a source of value in many firms. But even as this is happening, organizational forms and employment relationships appear to be changing in ways that reduce loyalty and commitment and...

This book examines the important role of HR practitioners acting as toxin handlers within their organizations and the dangers they face when dealing with toxic workplace emotions caused by difficult organizational decisions, such as mergers and...

This comprehensive, integrated teaching resource provides students with the tools and methodologies they need to effectively negotiate the multiple dynamics that emerge from difference, and to appropriately respond to issues of marginalization and social...

This text focuses on Hospitality Management and Restaurant Management topics. It includes essential content plus learning activities, case studies, professional profiles, research topics and more that support course objectives. The text and exam...

Throughout our lives we face many challenges, both personal and professional. Often, we struggle to know how best to cope and wish we had greater personal resources to draw upon. This book can help! Based on the science and principles of positive...

Nothing HR does contributes more to productivity than improving engagement and retention. Employees stay or leave -and engage or disengage-primarily based on their relationship with their manager. And that means their direct supervisor, the one they...

A perfect storm of factors are brewing that will redefine dependent care in the coming decades. Delayed marriage and parenthood, longer life-spans, lower birthrates, and the health policy shift to informal caregiving have drastically increased the number...

Human resource management is now more important than ever, as organisations grapple with complex economic conditions, rapid technological advancement and a changing social landscape in the twenty-first century. Human Resource Management in Australia...

Written to meet the needs of busy undergraduate students, this book covers all of the key HRM topics in an accessible and engaging style. Ideal as a course companion, pre-course reading, or for revision.Book InformationISBN 9781137282279Author Michael L...

This brand new and innovative core textbook fuses topics from the related fields of organizational behaviour and human resource management to provide new insight into the interconnectedness of these important and complementary areas. The text takes an...

Corporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs...

A critical examination of leadership theories past and present, "Managing without Leadership" argues that leadership as traditionally understood does not explain organizational functioning. Bounded by empiricist assumptions and methodology, and including...

This Handbook provides a state-of-the art overview of the field of workplace learning from a global perspective. The authors are all well-placed theoreticians, researchers, and practitioners in this burgeoning field, which cuts across higher education,...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, almost half of Americans reported that the crisis had a negative effect on their mental health. In the UK, the financial crisis of 2008 resulted in a rise in stress and anxiety and a decline in physical health. When dealing...

Be Prepared to Lead in the Moment: Assess, think, and respond on-the-spot Impromptu shows leaders how to think on their feet and respond eloquently in every situation. Never have there been so many opportunities to inspire and influence in everyday...

There's a well-known saying: what doesn't get measured doesn't get done. So it is no surprise that communicators, human resource and change managers and other professionals recognise the need to measure and evaluate their work, particularly its worth to...

A comprehensive and insightful look at the modern workplace and how employees are managed, where the new approach is driven by the quirks of financial accounting to the detriment of employees and the long-term success of the organization. Real wages...

The challenge with most companies' talent intelligence is that it is just not that intelligent. Having good talent intelligence-an accurate understanding of the skills, expertise, and qualities of people-is essential for the people decisions that all...

The second edition of Global Talent Management (GTM) offers a state of the art overview of the key areas of talent management in theory and practice. Drawing on contributions from the leading global contributors to talent management research, the book is...

Finding a job used to be simple. You'd show up at an office and ask for an application. A friend would mention a job in their department. Or you'd see an ad in a newspaper and send in your cover letter. Maybe you'd call the company a week later to check...