Managing performance is a critical focus of HR ac... more

Managing performance is a critical focus of HR activity. Well designed strategies to recognise and improve performance and focus individual effort can have a dramatic effect on bottom-line results. However, performance management delivered badly is a waste of time that will win you no friends. The problem is to determine what processes, tools and delivery mechanisms will improve performance in your organisation, and which are best avoided.Michael Armstrong and Angela Baron have tracked performance management processes over the past several years and can demonstrate which ones deliver and which ones are duds. Their comprehensive survey reveals what leading organisations are doing to manage their employees performance and how they are delivering results.... less

How can strategic HRM make a significant impact t... more

How can strategic HRM make a significant impact to bottom-line performance? This timely book combines an overview of the relevant theory with research evidence and practical guidance as to how human resource practitioners can contribute towards this goal. In addition, the authors have drawn on previously unpublished research to provide authentic voices from real-life managers discussing how they set about developing and implementing HR strategies. The research includes interviews with HR directors and chief executives from a variety of organisations including The Childrens Society, Homebase, Lloyds TSB and the Department of Health.Part I of the book explores the conceptual framework within which strategic HRM takes place. Part II examines the research evidence on the impact of strategic HRM on business performance and outlines the role of the HR function in making that impact. Part III looks at how individual HR strategies add up to strategic HRM, addressing overall organisational issues as well as such specific areas of HR practice as resourcing or employee development. Part IV addresses the practical issues of strategic HRM in action and spells out how HR practitioners can become business partners engaged in improving bottom line performance via strategic HRM.... less

Effective corporate initiatives and processes are... more

Effective corporate initiatives and processes are the bedrock of successful organisations; Developing Practice provides managers with essential frameworks to identify, formulate and implement the best policies and practice in the management and development of people.All employers need to find ways to improve the performance of their people. Yet many of todays personnel departments are abolishing rigid systems of performance management in favour of strategic frameworks that empower individual managers to communicate with, motivate and develop their staff.One of Birtains best-known business writers and the IPDs Policy Adviser for Employee Resourcing draw on detailed data from over 550 organisations - including the latest innovations adopted by leading-edge companies ranging from BP Exploration to the Corporation of London, and from AA Insurance to Zeneca - to illuminate how approaches to appraisal have evolved and to identify current best practice in performance management. They explore its history, philosophy and separate elements, the criticisms it has attracted and its impact (if any) on quantiflable business results.... less

A 1,6OO km odyssey through the Sahara desertDrive... more

A 1,6OO km odyssey through the Sahara desertDriven to get a glimpse of an ancient way of life before it disappeared from the planet forever, author Michael Benanav embarked on a 1600 kilometer odyssey by foot and by camel, through a swath of the Sahara Desert so deadly its called The Land of Terror by the nomads who cross it. Joining up with the caravan of white gold one of the last working camel caravans in the world Benanav followed an age-old trade route, transporting gleaming slabs of solid rock salt from mines deep in the desert to the market in Timbuktu. Once literally worth its weight in gold, which gives the caravan its name, the salt today is worth just pennies a pound, but men still risk their lives to haul it and sell it. Benanav lived for weeks among the camel drivers as they traveled eighteen hours a day for nearly six weeks, through sandstorms and searing heat. Along the way, he learned how to care for and ride camels, became a medic to injured salt miners, encountered an Islamic culture in which men not women veil their faces, and grappled with the dilemmas of cultural extinction created by the ever-spreading impact of globalization.... less

50 Essential Management Techniques brings togethe... more

50 Essential Management Techniques brings together a formidable array of tools designed to improve managerial performance. For each entry the author introduces the techniques in question, explains how it works, then goes on to show how it can be used to solve an actual problem. The fifty techniques are grouped into subject areas, ranging from strategy to learning. For managers in every type of organization and at any level, as well for students and consultants, this book is likely to become an indispensable source.... less

Your life story is unique, write it down and dont... more

Your life story is unique, write it down and dont lose it. If you can write a letter, you really can write a book.Biographies are not only for celebrities. Normal peoples lives your own, in fact can be so much more fascinating and interesting. Experience the joy and fulfilment of writing about yourself, and produce a unique record for generations to come.This guide will show you how to research, structure, write, present and produce your material in book form. Whether its for yourself and your family or a wider audience, the result will be hugely satisfying. Insight... less

This is a book about fifteen individuals who dare... more

This is a book about fifteen individuals who dared to dream big, and then turn their dreams into reality. Their level of financial success and professional recofnition has placed them at the pinnacle of their professions. These superstars had a vision of themselves making a difference in people's lives by sharing their messsage; a vision that was bigger than their fear of appearing foolish. Their attitudes early in their careers was that one cannot fail at anything in life; one can only learn from one's experiences and grow in the process. As you read each chapter, you'll find inspirational examples of what it means t opursue one's life vision with passion. You'll find that each speaker has their own inspiring story to share about perseverance, determination, courage and the power of nelieving in oneself.... less

The Inside Secrets Of The Most Trusted And Succes... more

The Inside Secrets Of The Most Trusted And Successful Investors On Wall StreetEverywhere you look someone is telling you how to invest your money. How to ride the bull market... or anticipate the next correction. Everyone claims to have the answer. What should you believe?101 Investment Lessons from the Wizards of Wall Street. This is not a book for the investor who claims to know all there is to know. Its for the rest of us who need some basic dos and donts, such as: Invest in businesses you understand Assess your risk tolerance Dont try to time the market Always know how much money you can afford to lose Set a price goal for buying and selling Buy high. Sell higher Beware of stocks that get too much publicity... less

Living up to his reputation as our premier scienc... more

Living up to his reputation as our premier science and health myth buster, it sorts out science from nonsense in this fascinating book look at the amazing new age of biotechnology we are now entering. Bioevolution is science fact that reads like science fiction because of the wonders it describes.Biotech has demonstrated the potential to cure almost any disease. Miracle drugs and treatments now under investigation will eliminate diabetes, AIDS, Alzheimersand end the days of cancer as a death sentence. Biotech will restore the environment naturally by cleaning up toxic and even nuclear waste sites.... less

Introduction to Digital and Data Communications p... more

Introduction to Digital and Data Communications provides general overview of data communications and deals with telephone system from the stand point of data transfer usage to electrical specifications and impairments. Details are provided on some common error-detection and error-correction methods used in data digital and network communication system. Elaboration on hardware of low speed data communications as interfaced through the telephone system is discussed adequately and phase shifts and quadrature amplitude modulation schemes have been covered as an extension of the basics of the data communication system.... less