Product Description: This book asks the crucial question: When does high performance supervision become abusive supervision? As more organizations push to adopt high performance work practices (HPWP), the onus increasingly falls on supervisors to do whatever it takes to maximize the productivity of their work teams...read more

Product Description: A parable about the secret to engaging and motivating people to do great things in all walks of life, by the bestselling author of Taking People With You.Based on real experiences that David Novak had as the Chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands, this parable will empower readers to recognize the contributions of those around them in order to drive bigger and better results...read more

Product Description: This updated fifth edition of Armstrong's Handbook of Reward Management Practice contains new information on computerized reward management and new case studies. Additionally, Armstrong revised the chapters on pay evaluation, pay structures, merit pay, and executive pay to include new information...read more

Product Description: Aimed at both HR practitioners involved in employee motivation and students who need to understand the importance of reward and how it can be successfully applied across organizations, this edition contains new research conducted by E-Reward, as well as brand new case studies of international companies that are effectively using incentives to improve performance such as global delivery service DHL, international life insurance and pensions Aegon, mobile phone manufacturer DGS International, building materials industry leader, Cemex and British Telecom...read more

With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, this Cambridge Companion examines the topical issue of talent management from a strategic perspective, mapping out insights from a number of related fields including strategy, organisational learning, marketing and supply chain management. The authors examine the challenges faced when viewing talent management in a global context, showing how both comparative and international HRM thinking have become increasingly important when, for example, managing talent in emerging markets or trying to globalise the talent management function. The book concludes with a valuable summary of key learning points about talent management for both practitioners and researchers, as well as a discussion of the most fruitful areas for future research. This Companion will be an essential resource for academic researchers, graduate students and practitioners of global strategic talent management.

Product Description: New York Times bestselling author Rodd Wagner tackles one of the most destructive problems facing organizations today―the breakdown of the social contract between people and the organizations where they work.“Your people are not your greatest asset...read more

Product Description: New York Times bestselling author Rodd Wagner tackles one of the most destructive problems facing organizations today―the breakdown of the social contract between people and the organizations where they work.“Your people are not your greatest asset...read more

Product Description: Neuroscience is revolutionizing our understanding of human psychology and behaviour. By showing how to apply this new understanding to how you recruit, manage, and develop your people, Brann is enabling you to deliver a step change in organizational performance and individual achievement...read more

Work-Related Learning and the Social Sciences provides a clear and accessible introduction to the theory and practice of work. Written in a student friendly style, it makes use of the following: Theoretical Perspectives: The theoretical foundations of identity, power, community, citizenship, experiential learning and a range of employability skills provide frameworks for the chapters. Key issues: The book addresses such issues as: How are people socialised at work? Why does conflict occur at work? What types of control are exerted at work? What can we learn about our communities from the work we do? How can we develop our employability skills? Sector examples: Extensive use is made of examples of the working practices of teachers, social workers, police officers, civil servants, third sector workers as well as from people engaged in low skilled work. The student voice: The student voice draws upon the relationship between their own experiences of work and the key issues covered in the book. Written as an introductory text for students studying the social sciences, it deals with the ways in which students can appreciate the sociology and politics of work and develop an understanding of their own skills and employability. This book is particularly relevant to students studying work-related learning as part of their social science degrees and to those who wish to enhance their employability and prospects in graduate level employment.

Product Description: This newly revised book offers simple and inexpensive ways to build an organization that people love to work at. These quick, effective, humorous, innovative and fun ideas will improve your business.

Product Description: Based on proven practical methodologies, this highly practical book will show you how to develop, nurture and guide the talents and skills of other people .   Everyone has the potential to be a brilliant mentor. Mentoring is fast-becoming the must-have leadership skill that helps you get the best out of your staff, and Brilliant Mentoring shows how you can have it too...read more

Product Description: Self-determination theory is a theory of human motivation that increasingly is being used by organizations to make strategic HR decisions and train managers. It argues for a focus on the quality of workers' motivation over quantity...read more