`Weiner's third textbook on motivation has more emphasis on emotion than its predecessors. There is also a new organization around basic metaphors... there is particularly good and up-to-date coverage of attributional approaches' - Cognition and Emotion Successful with over 24,000 students in two earlier motivation books, Weiner's text - newly ......
How does evaluative inquiry contribute to organizational learning? How can we practice evaluative inquiry in ways that maximize individual and team learning? This book provides a data-based approach to organizational learning and change and focusses on the use of evaluative inquiry processes with organizations rather than across large-scale, ......
Applied Research Methods and Tools for the Training and Development Practitioner
This text shows how to apply specific research methods to common human resources development problems. Topics covered include performance analysis, performance solutions and assessing solution adequacy; all supported by examples drawn from the field and by explanations of the theoretical and research backgrounds. The author also discusses issues such as legal and ethical concerns, reporting results, sample and statistical analysis, confidentiality and privacy.
The intellectual assets of a corporation can be leveraged to create a knowledge organization and this bo ok details the forces of change which companies must respond to, and describes the techniques used to restructure organi zations. '
This volume brings together a range of contributions which explore not only the advantages but also the complexities of a strategic approach to human resource management. Deliberately broad in scope to reflect the organization-wide ramifications of HRS, combining theoretical analyses alongside case studies of HRS in practice, this book offers a review of this crucial topic. The book begins by addressing key themes and debates within the field, including the limiting assumptions which underpin the of HRS in the public and non-profit sectors, and the contradictions that may arise between competitive business strategies and long-term, integrated human resource strategies. This first section also presents examples of how effective HRS can lead to improved competitive performance. Succeeding sections focus on three core organizational arenas inevitably implicated in strategic human resource management - organizational culture is critically analysed, as is the role of culture in facilitating or inhibiting organizational change. Finally, the book considers a number of personnel issues central to the development of HRS.
"Reassessing Human Resource Management" takes a critical look at the received wisdom of Human Resources Management. Making extensive use of case studies the authors examine its growth, core assumptions and territorial claims, the extent to which it provides a coherent strategy of employee management and in what conditions it will continue to be the chosen approach. Specific themes addressed include: human resources management and competitive success; issues and contradictions in Human Resources Management; approaches to flexibility, decentralization, "reward management", supervision; production systems such as "just-in-time" manufacturing and new technology; and Human Resources Management and trade unions; Human Resources Management rhetoric as the management of managerial meaning.
Why is there a resurgence of interest in personality in organizational research? Why have organizations turned to personality experts to assist in the early identification of employees who are likely to be motivated, conscientious, prosocial, and stable? Organizations are finding an ever-more-pressing need to select people with high ......
How do you keep valuable employees from leaving? With employee turnover at a ten-year high in the tightest labourmarket in recent memory, human resource professionals face this challenge daily. This book briefly summarizes the current research in the area of employee turnover and provides practical guidelines to implement proven strategies for ......
'This book is an excellent introduction and reference for those interested in conflict management discourse. A welcome addition to guide the reader to more in-depth investigation of important issues is a variety of resources, including websites, at the end of each chapter' - Discourse and Society Written from the authors' experience in ......
