Human Resources

16 Items

1.	Financial Analysis for HR Managers: Business Strategy, Financial Strategy, and HR Strategy By Steven Director Dec 31, 2012 Many firms fail to achieve their maximum success because they do not utilize their HR departments optimally. Steven Director explains how HR can maximize your success in this introduction to his book.
2.	A Crash Course in Commodities By Carley Garner Dec 27, 2012 Carley Garner discusses the establishment and evolution of commodities markets, including commodities exchanges, futures contracts, and commodity options.
3.	Introduction to Compensation and Benefit Design: Applying Finance and Accounting Principles to Global Human Resource Management Systems By Bashker D. Biswas Dec 19, 2012 This introductory chapter examines how finance and accounting principles apply to compensation and benefit program design.
4.	The Definitive Guide to HR Communication: Know Your Employees By Alison Davis, Jane Shannon Feb 8, 2011 In this chapter, you learn why it's important to know your "employee audience," what demographics can reveal about employees, and how to learn more through focus groups and other qualitative research.
5.	Making HR Measurement Strategic By Wayne F. Cascio, John W. Boudreau Dec 28, 2010 In this introduction to their book, Investing in People, the authors describe the logical frameworks and measurement techniques to enhance decisions in several vital talent domains where decisions often lag behind scientific knowledge, and where mistakes frequently reduce strategic success.
6.	Preface to Investing in People By Wayne F. Cascio, John W. Boudreau Dec 27, 2010 In this preface to Investing in People, the authors explain the logic and technology necessary to look inside the "black box" between HR practices and financial/business performance.
7.	The 17 Rules Successful Companies Use to Attract and Keep Top Talent: Why? By David Russo Jan 26, 2010 David Russo tells why he wrote the book on employee retention, alignment, and engagement -- and who needs to read it.
8.	Understand Why Employees Come and Why They Stay By David Russo Jan 5, 2010 How long do you think good, talented people stick around at places that treat them like draftees? Not long. David Russo explains why employees are your most valuable asset -- by far.
9.	Making HR Measurement Strategic By Wayne F. Cascio, John W. Boudreau May 1, 2008 Learn how a decision-science approach to HR measurement leads to very different approaches from the traditional one.
10.	High Talent, High Fit: Hiring the Best People in Today's Hypercompetitive Environment By Oren Harari Feb 22, 2008 You're not just looking for someone who can do the job; you're looking for someone who can transform the job - and the company.
11.	Interviewing Job Applicants: Forget Traits; It's Behavior That Counts! By Stephen P. Robbins Oct 12, 2007 Traits aren’t necessarily good predictors of future job performance.
12.	The Emotional Intelligence Approach to Coping with Toxic Managers and Subordinates By Roy H. Lubit Oct 12, 2007 The more you know about what motivates people with different styles, the better you will be able to defend yourself and encourage them to cooperate with you and provide the work products you need to do your own job.
13.	Talent Shortage? How to Win with What You've Got By Vince Thompson Mar 23, 2007
14.	Tips for Improving Employee Interviews By Stephen P. Robbins Jan 28, 2005 Interviews are an integral part of the hiring process for just about every job. An effective interview can help you to select the right person for the position you're trying to fill. An ineffective interview is a waste of your and your prospective employee's time. This chapter offers some tips to help you improve the quality of your interviews.
15.	Finding and Keeping the Best Talent for Your Organization By Subir Chowdhury Nov 29, 2002 The Talent Management System (TMS) can be an effective tool for creating a symbiotic relationship between talent and the organization to dramatically accelerate performance improvements. Subir Chowdury explains how to attract, keep, manage and identify talents in your organization.
16.	What Should Firms Do To Beat The Talent Crisis ? By Mike Johnson Dec 14, 2001 Attracting and retaining the best talent is the difference between corporate success and failure. This article, derived from Talent Magnet by Mike Johnson (Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2001, ISBN: 02736554888), tells you how.