Human Resources Personnel Management category: 10238 books

From selection and assessment, to training and development, and reward management, all HR functions have an impact on an organization. Ever-present budgetary pressures mean that there is perpetual competition for resources, so HR departments must be able to account for and justify their contribution...

This study, first published in 1986, examines and evaluates the personnel techniques and activities that were characteristic of one period in American industrial life. In later years these techniques and activities came to be known as personnel management or personnel administration. By these terms...

Globalization is a pervasive feature of recent industrial and commercial developments, not least in the airline business with concomitant effects on human resource management. This book focuses on the organization and human resource changes that have taken place in the international airline industry...

Offers a fundamentally new conceptual model for the human resource function to meet the challenges of the knowledge economy Provides concrete suggestions for implementing this model, including numerous examples of effective practices from leading-edge firms Synthesizes current thinking on knowledge...

Like many management terms, the words “performance management” have been interpreted, and the concept implemented, in many different ways. A significant proportion of organizations in the cultural sector don’t manage employee performance in a systematic way for a variety of reasons. ...

Armstrong's Essential Human Resource Management Practice provides a complete overview of the practices and processes fundamental to managing people. The text provides a thorough introduction to the core areas of HR including: people resourcing, performance management, learning and development and...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Personnel and Organisation, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: The development from the industrial society to an information and knowledge based society is mainly characterized by the...

A performance coach helps other people improve their proficiency and competence at performing a specific task. Sometimes performance coaching involves passing along knowledge, but that’s only a small part of the activity. As a performance coach, your real goal is to help a person improve the way...

The Talent Management Handbook explains how organizations can identify and get the most out of “high-potential people” by developing and promoting them to key positions. The book explains: A system for integrating three human resources “building blocks”: organizational competencies,...

Each new generation of upcoming professionals requires different strategies for effective management within the workforce. In order to promote a cohesive and productive environment, managers must take steps to better understand their employees. The Handbook of Research on Human Resources Strategies...

It's an exciting time to be in HR as scores of technologies, such as Watson, AI, predictive modeling, real-time data analytics, HR shared service centers, and others are being implemented at a rapid pace by HR leaders around the world every day. Digital HR expertly addresses the revolutionary trends...

India, often referred to as the ‘electronic housekeeper of the world’, is home to the largest number of offshored call centres. This makes it very important to understand how BPO providers in India manage their human resources. The key message from recent empirical studies on Indian call centres/BPO...

Human Resources appear to be one such term that creates knock on heads of both employees and employers. Often people step into management careers with no clear idea of what they are heading onto. The bad reality even lies in the fact that management graduates itself feel that taking HR as so called...

This book, first published in 1987, gives valuable insights into the characteristics of employment in the hotel and catering industry and useful guidance on personal techniques. It deals with fundamental issues, such as personnel policy, as well as with practical techniques. Human Resource...