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Article :: Financial Analysis for HR Managers: Business Strategy, Financial Strategy, and HR Strategy

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Article :: A Crash Course in Commodities

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Carley Garner discusses the establishment and evolution of commodities markets, including commodities exchanges, futures contracts, and commodity options.

Article :: Introduction to Compensation and Benefit Design: Applying Finance and Accounting Principles to Global Human Resource Management Systems

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

This introductory chapter examines how finance and accounting principles apply to compensation and benefit program design.

Article :: The Definitive Guide to HR Communication: Know Your Employees

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Article :: Making HR Measurement Strategic

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Article :: Preface to Investing in People

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Article :: The 17 Rules Successful Companies Use to Attract and Keep Top Talent: Why?

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

David Russo tells why he wrote the book on employee retention, alignment, and engagement -- and who needs to read it.

Article :: Understand Why Employees Come and Why They Stay

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Article :: Making HR Measurement Strategic

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how a decision-science approach to HR measurement leads to very different approaches from the traditional one.

Article :: High Talent, High Fit: Hiring the Best People in Today's Hypercompetitive Environment

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Article :: Interviewing Job Applicants: Forget Traits; It's Behavior That Counts!

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:01 GMT

Traits aren’t necessarily good predictors of future job performance.

Article :: The Emotional Intelligence Approach to Coping with Toxic Managers and Subordinates

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:01 GMT

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.

Article :: Talent Shortage? How to Win with What You've Got

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:01 GMT

Article :: Tips for Improving Employee Interviews

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Article :: Finding and Keeping the Best Talent for Your Organization

Fri, 29 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Article :: What Should Firms Do To Beat The Talent Crisis ?

Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT

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.