Human Resources & Personnel Management

This book provides human resource managers with the information necessary to cope with the ethical, legal, and financial issues surrounding AIDS--a disease that will eventually affect almost every workplace in the world. Masi offers a comprehensive...

An indispensable reference for designing and conducting organizational needs assessments, this book advocates a system-oriented approach to help meet the complex challenges confronting organizations today. Using examples drawn from real-life situations,...

STEP is a job analysis-based human resource management system that was specifically developed, over more than two decades of research at the Human Resources Center of The University of Chicago, for higher-level positions in business and industrial...

`An excellent introduction.... Readers of this journal looking for a brief but comprehensive introduction to the field of stress management will find this book to be more than adequate for this purpose. Perhaps the book's greatest strength is the way it...

There are many complicated theories and ideas about the structure and style of organisations. Human Resource Management and Development looks at how they apply in practice and what they mean for the people who work with them. Divided into four sections...

While 'union organising' has developed over time and in many different environments, it has become apparent that a number of key problems have developed. Evaluating its efficacy in terms of union strategies, tactics, styles and resources, this title...

Although the quest for growth remains as elusive as it was more than a decade ago, there is now much greater consensus on the policies and institutional changes that are needed to foster growth and economic development. But debate continues on the...

Provides an understanding of how HRM policies and practices differ across countries and how the development of management practice may be affected by different institutional and cultural contexts. Containing contributions from a range of well-respected...

Employment security is under pressure in public and private sectors because of fluctuating economic conditions and unstable markets. According to Loseby, the proponents of employment security have been lacking in substantive evidence justifying its...

Written as a comprehensive reference for personnel managers, vice presidents in charge of human resources, and for practicing attorneys, The Employment Contract addresses both the historical development of the employer-employee relationship and current...

Written for human resources managers and executives, this book takes a pragmatic approach to a problem all organizations face, but is often neglected in management handbooks: what to do about the problem employee? As the author notes at the outset,...

This book breaks new ground in human resource management through focusing on specific themes written by a range of European experts drawing on a common survey. As such it is a major progression from previous texts that lack a coherent, cross-national...

A collection of research papers about self-initiated expatriates and their experiences. As traditional talent management can no longer fulfil the needs of globally operating organisations, self-initiated expatriates have become an ever more important,...

With powerful, clearly written advice on how to control and to reduce dramatically unemployment insurance compensation taxes, here is an authoritative, useful guide to the UIC system. The authors draw upon their extensive experience to detail intricacies...

This book reviews current theories on how to improve employee performance and shows how to adapt these strategies to specific work situations. The authors have chosen 10 currently popular performance-enhancing strategies for study, ranging from behavior...

This book recognizes that organizations do all they can to increase their chances for survival and growth, especially in changing and often tough economic times. The book shows how human resource development can help by being action-oriented and tailored...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837192888Author Ronald D. BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 279Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

"Severance pay, a program that provides compensation to workers on termination of employment, is the most widely used income protection program for the unemployed-yet it is often blamed for creating economic inefficiencies such as reducing...

The most diligent compliance with laws and regulations can't foster true work place diversity. The best organizations have become genuine cross-cultural communities that believe equally in reconciling differences and valuing them. To that end, The...

Successful Diversity Management Initiatives presents the specific phases and steps to help plan, direct, and manage strategic organizational development, and serves as a developmental model for diversity-related change.Book InformationISBN...

Business and management education has an important impact on business practice throughout the world. To a very large extent, possession of the MBA degree is a passport into the upper reaches of management, and CEOs of many major corporations have earned...

Build teams that move mountains! Activity participants enjoy a simulated mountain adventure. In this imaginary setting, they must arrive at consensus in order to succeed, and they experience the magic of group power: synergy. Participants face fatigue,...

By examining human resource management (HRM) techniques and processes from the `receiving end', Experiencing Human Resource Management provides a rich and valuable view of HRM initiatives and strategies. If HRM is to contribute to the objectives of the...

This series publishes monograph length conceptual papers designed to promote theory and research on important substantive and methodological topics in the field of human resources management. Volume 24 of "Research in Personnel and Human Resources...

This second volume of "Research in Competence-Based Management (RCBM)" continues the launch of a long-awaited outlet for peer-reviewed research papers contributing to advancement of competence-based management theory. Each volume in...

This volume is part of a series which publishes monograph length conceptual papers designed to promote theory and research on important substantive and methodological topics in the field of human resources management.Book InformationISBN...

`Gerhart and Rynes provide a thorough, comprehensive review of the vast literatures relevant to compensation. Their insights regarding the integration of economic, psychological and management perspectives are particularly enlightening. This text...

How do you keep valuable employees from leaving? With employee turnover at a ten-year high in the tightest labourmarket in recent memory, human resource professionals face this challenge daily. This book briefly summarizes the current research in the...

In this book, Alison E Barber delineates three separate stages of recruitment - generating applicants, maintaining applicant status and influencing job choice - and discusses existing knowledge and important unanswered questions relevant to each of these...

This is a practical guide for labour lawyers, employers, trade unions, human resource managers, and occupational health professionals who must grapple with the problems of substance abuse in the workplace. This new and updated edition explains the case...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648005209Author Leigh J MartinuzziFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint CM Wells PublishingPublisher CM Wells PublishingWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780639776323Author Robin JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Robin JacksonPublisher Robin JacksonWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615959351Author Andrea M HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Mardrea PressPublisher Mardrea PressWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578770819Author Allen Phillip AlexandreFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Molding Messengers, LLCPublisher Molding Messengers, LLCWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578383415Author Leslie ShortFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint K.I.M. Media LLC DBA the Cavu GroupPublisher K.I.M. Media LLC DBA the Cavu...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780899301488Author Alan LawlorFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

An understanding of the various forms of antisocial behaviour in the workplace, and how these can be identified, managed and prevented, is provided in this volume. Topics discussed include: the role of frustration in antisocial behaviour, revenge,...

Meeting the challenges of high-performance HR Until 1760 ships routinely disappeared, ran aground, or sank because seafarers could not measure longitude. The cost in life and property was immense. Today, business faces a similar challenge, as the failure...

Strategy is all very well, but forget the human side of the business and your plans are destined for failure. Yet human resource management (HRM) has traditionally focused on administrative functions such as recruiting, disciplining, and rewarding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446377447Author Natasha JosefowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 417g