Personnel and HR practitioners have a key role to... more

Personnel and HR practitioners have a key role to play within organizations, since they are largely responsible for explaining management expectations, satisfying employees work-related needs and dealing with their problems. This book provides the basic legal framework relating to employment, recruitment and selection, training and development, discipline and grievance-handling, appraisal, and maximising the effectiveness of personnel information systems.... less

There is no better guide to continuously improvin... more

There is no better guide to continuously improving your personnel department.Planning & Managing Human Resources is the most comprehensive book available on Human Resources and all its functions. The book sheds new light on HR practice areas as ways to implement an HR grand strategy: Career planning and management Recruitment and selection Training Organization development Job redesign Employee assistance programs Labor relations Compensation and benefitsThis completely revised and updated new edition will help you successfully implement the steps of strategic planning for human resources. Packed with exercises and case studies, the book will be useful to HR practitioners, HR or personnel managers, specialists in HR planning, and students interested in this field.... less

Today, organizations of the past are making way f... more

Today, organizations of the past are making way for ones that are flexible and adaptive to uncertainty. For a companys vision to take shape, an organization must have good human resource management (HRM) that partners entrepreneurship. With good HRM, companies can adopt the best of people management skills from global leaders.... less

One of the key aspects of management and personne... more

One of the key aspects of management and personnel practice in the past few decades has been to manage diversity. This includes race, gender, ethnicity, age, national origin, religion, etc. This book highlights the key concepts of workforce diversity and its scope. Cases presented here include Ford Motor Company, Infosys and the Adecco Group.... less

The book deals with the many ways in which employ... more

The book deals with the many ways in which employee performance can be understood and measured with techniques such as assessment and development centers, 360-degree feedback systems, balanced scorecard concept, etc. Cases include the CK Birla group and Wipro.... less

This book will help HR professionals to add genui... more

This book will help HR professionals to add genuine value to the strategy-setting process. It is based on two key components: the strategic human resource forecast and the human resource plan. The author presents a powerful step-by-step model and provides essential guidance on issues such as: persuading an organization to adopt the model; and implementing and managing the key processes.... less

Companies across the world realize that people ar... more

Companies across the world realize that people are their core assets required for long-term success. Despite this, HR is still one of the most ignored departments in many companies. This book is a guide to practicing HR management today. It is presented through 15 case studies of Philips India, Indian Airlines, Bata India, State Bank of India and Xerox, among others They highlight how companies deal with various challenges with respect to people management .... less

Employees are increasingly putting themselves wel... more

Employees are increasingly putting themselves well ahead of their work, and many businesses are struggling to find ways to meet effectively employees needs. This book offers practical, down-to-earth solutions that human resource and general managers can use to reenergise their employees (and themselves!). This book is a wake up call for real people managers from the get real school of management.... less

These days, retaining talent is very difficult, a... more

These days, retaining talent is very difficult, as the cream of the talent will always have a clear road map of their growth. This is best done by succession planning, a process that ensures that the right person is at the helm of affairs, as was done in Ranbaxy.... less

Everything is changing at the workplace. Driven b... more

Everything is changing at the workplace. Driven by technology, the employee must now be enabled and empowered physically and intellectually to adapt to the changes in his work sphere and be productive at work. Cases here include Google, NB Tel and Microsoft.... less