This book is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required re…
This volume explores the concepts, themes, methods, and procedures of organization staffing. As author Aharon Tziner notes at the outset, although organizations usually attempt to predict the likely future performance of each applicant in terms of productivity, rarely do they consider the likelihood of the applicants finding gratification in their work-related needs and aspirations. Organizatio…
This book is among the best on stress and its organizational consequences. It is based on papers presented at the Seventh Annual Applied Behavioral Science Symposium. The editors and most of the contributors are academic specialists on stress. The major theme of the book is that stress has negative, and sometimes positive, personal and organizational consequences. On the positive side, stress--…
Many managers abdicate their employee-retention responsibilities because they believe keeping workers mainly involves money, perks and benefits -- areas out of their control. Based on two years of research into ways companies keep their best and brightest workers, consultants Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans conclude that assumption is dead wrong. "We believe that managers and supervisors h…
Talent powered companies not only recruit the best, they also retain the best through several employee-centered strategies. They focus on ten building blocks: - Threat the workplace as a system - Promote ethics, integrity, honesty, and trust - Create organizational feedback loops - Put people first - Instill an ethic of fairness - Accept diversity - Encourage openness - Make work and th…
Brantham (a consultant with a private firm) explains what employees want and describes how human factors should affect the type of reward system offered. Brantham offers 24 strategies for retaining employees, profiles companies with excellent employee retention, and provides examples of the techniques they use. Four key principles are emphasized: being a company that people want to work for, hi…
Using examples from some successful companies, consultant Ahlrichs explains how to attract and retain quality workers. She presents ideas such as calculating the costs of turnover, using technology, increasing the number of offers accepted, and creating an exciting experience for new employees to reduce turnover. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)