Offering a viable alternative to 'functional' approaches to communication based around the metaphor of 'webs of meaning' and which uses semiology as its theoretical bedrock. The authors provide examples and argue how and why this approach is useful in understanding communicative processes. This approach is applied to areas of interest, including: ......
Technological advances and rapid changes in workforce demographics pose extensive challenges to human resources program evaluators. But little has been done to document successful human resources program assessment and implementation strategies. The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook is the first book to present state-of-the-art ......
"The authors artfully synthesize complex scholarly articles from economics, psychology, and sociology. The organization of the book is exceptionally transparent... Compensation should be accessible to a wide range of readers who appreciate a multidisciplinary perspective on organizational issues... I cannot emphasize enough how effectively Gerhart ......
`I thoroughly enjoyed this book which is well-argued, well-structured and superbly referenced. It will be of value to those studying change and strategic management and human resource development at masters level.... Whether it heralds a new approach to organizational change for the new century remains to be seen but it most certainly demolishes ......
This textbook provides an overview of the main strands, perspectives and debates in current thinking and practice in the area of employee involvement and participation. It adopts a comparative international approach, addressing developments in the UK and mainland Europe, the USA and elsewhere. The authors identify two main strands of evolution: one driven by managerial interests in enhancing and controlling employee commitment and performance; the other deriving from employees' attempts to influence high-level organizational decision-making. In particular, this study examines and analyzes: the background of key concepts, issues and philosophies underpinning these different strands; the range of current employee involvement methods, from the individualistic and management-led to more regulated collective approaches; and the rationales and responses of employees, unions and employers to the various initiatives.
Induction is designed to help administrators, teachers and board of education members who will participate in the hiring of more than two million new teachers between now and 2015. The gap between supply of and demand for qualified professional staff can make recruiting and retaining all types of candidates extremely competitive. Induction is ......
The authors focus on the stress created by o rganisational changes such as reallocation of roles and resp onsibilities, job redesign and job insecurity. They also hig hlight ways of dealing with everyday stress factors such as increased workloads. '
Transitions are difficult. From high school to college, college to the job force, from one job to another. It's becoming increasingly difficult to find your place in society because of the impersonal structure of many businesses and organizations out there. More and more people are looking to qualified colleagues to provide them with key guidance ......
