Human Resources & Personnel Management

Combining what economists know about productivity with the findings of organization theorists about worker motivation, the author describes a strategy to improve the quality of work life, with major benefits for both employers and employees.Book...

How dangerous is someone's job? People from ages 22 through 64 spend roughly 40% of their non-sleeping time at a job where there is considerable potential for exposure to fatal safety and health risks. The purpose of this book is to improve the knowledge...

Focusing on expatriate management, this volume addresses the following issues: how expatriate performance should be conceptualized and operationalized; what the role of personality is in predicting adjustment and performance; and what the nature of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369304186Author Dana Gaines RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 156g

Workers everywhere feel the tug-of-war between work and home: Do they go to a child's game or stay late to finish up a spreadsheet? How should they respond when a boss wants to talk about a new project just as they're leaving home to attend a religious...

What types of jobs are growing: well-paid managerial jobs or low-paid auxiliary jobs, high-end professional jobs or bottom-end service jobs? Can occupational change transform affluent countries into enlarged middle-class societies? Or, on the contrary,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473677763Author Gillian BrookesFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Gillian BrookesPublisher Gillian BrookesWeight(grams) 218g

`To career used to mean to swerve wildly or to go swiftly. In this beautifully argued, richly documented, original, liberating work, Arthur, Inksen, and Pringle demonstrate that the new careers once more are about swift swerves, unexpected agency, and...

Many managers believe that effective mentoring is most often the lucky result of personal chemistry between two people. But in this book, author Margo Murray lays that myth to rest. Her guide gives you all the expert advice, tools, and case studies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648675518Author Ken Dr ByrneFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Behind the Mask SeriesPublisher Behind the Mask SeriesWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648438304Author D A SpenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Zentex TrustPublisher Zentex TrustWeight(grams) 218g

Although the subject of trust has received increasing attention in the fields of organisation studies and, to some extent, entrepreneurship, the field has, to date, largely been characterised by theoretical work which, though useful, is still often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988554207Author Timothy scott HallFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint Two Golden Rules PublishingPublisher Two Golden Rules PublishingWeight(grams) 1229g

Not only are employees an organization's most important asset, but their value and contributions to the organization's financial success can be accounted for and disclosed to users of accounting information. The authors argue persuasively for better...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955970726Author Rosemary HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 111Imprint Cambridge Strategy Publications LtdPublisher Cambridge Strategy Publications...

Weiss examines the disease model of alcoholism and how bureaucratically rigid organizations use it to justify their control of employee behavior. He looks at the relations among control programs encountered by management and their inclination to have an...

After a decade of 'union organizing' in Britain, the time has come to make a thoroughgoing assessment of it. This book evaluates the efficacy of the union organising in terms of union strategies, tactics, styles and resources, and assesses the impact of...

Employee absenteeism is a chronic organizational problem that costs U.S. corporations an estimated $30 billion annually. In this pioneering volume, Colette Frayne reports the results of the first study to examine empirically the use of a simple...

Every year, millions of Americans retire-and many of them wonder what went wrong. What they envisioned as a graceful pirouette into the golden years often leads instead to a rude awakening. Why? We all know about financial planning for retirement, but...

This is a holistic presentation of methods and problems involved in humanizing work. The comments will be of interest to practitioners dealing with work, and should give realism to debates concerned with alienation in the workplace. The theory is...

This unique volume delivers practical and successful techniques used by some of the world's most competitive and innovative companies to the hands of the Human Resource Manager. Techniques described in the book can help any company enhance its ability to...

The Acceptance of Human Resource Innovation, based on a survey done by the author at the Valiant Insurance Corp., examines the adoption, implementation and acceptance of workplace innovations introduced by management. The purpose of the book is to...

John Dunlop is one of the world's outstanding figures in the theory and practice of industrial relations. In this book he advocates a better means to resolve disputes. He stresses that each side must work out its own internal accommodation as a necessary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620985161Author Lien ElsFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Leadership & Coaching CompanyPublisher Leadership & Coaching CompanyWeight(grams) 540g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369307972Author Frederick A MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 442Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 553g

A unique exploration of the the contributions made by multinational corporations to the difficult labour market transitions towards full integration of Central and Eastern Europe members of the European Union. This book considers the roles played by US,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955366024Author Clare MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Business Jigsaw PressPublisher Business Jigsaw PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780369314253Author Edward E LawlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ReadHowYouWantPublisher ReadHowYouWantWeight(grams) 156g

Part two of the "Human Resource Management Handbook" provides further insight into the theory and research processes of human resource management practices. In this volume, the handbook focuses on employer flexibility; discussing the rise of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991590810Author Kurt M WeyerhauserFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Kensington StonePublisher Kensington StoneWeight(grams) 567g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980220902Author Misti BurmeisterFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Synergy Press, LLCPublisher Synergy Press, LLCWeight(grams) 278g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986437199Author Kevin WilliamsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Silver Tree CommunicationsPublisher Silver Tree CommunicationsWeight(grams) 213g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986437182Author Cathy FyockFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Tree CommunicationsPublisher Silver Tree CommunicationsWeight(grams) 200g

Managers are repeatedly confronted by the need to decide whether a proposed non-technical program purporting to improve their operations should be accepted or not. This book will put involved personnel on surer footing in reaching decisions on proposed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999149157Author Cathy FyockFormat PaperbackImprint Silver Tree PublishingPublisher Silver Tree PublishingWeight(grams) 272g

Few business functions are more important than putting people where they can do the most good. Get it right, and the business soars. Get it wrong, and the business pays dearly in reduced sales, profits, and productivity. Staffing the Contemporary...

Studies the steps taken by a group of professionals from the Boomer generation as they move from a linear career path into an uncharted stage somewhere between middle age and old age, a continued professional life and traditional retirement. What is next...

Successful interviewing, defined as selecting the appropriate person for a specific position, is comparatively easy for some structured positions, such as typist or mechanic. Valid instruments to measure the key aptitudes to perform successfully in these...

The authors review the state of the art in employee development, identifying what human resource development is, how it functions in today's organizations, what kinds of programs and methods are available, and how such programs are evaluated. They offer...

This book examines the impact of public sector reforms and reorganisations on the experiences of the UK public sector's six million workers and those employed in the private sector but providing public services. Chapters bring long-standing topics...