Evolving Practices in Human Resource Management: Responses to a Changing World of Work / Edition 1

by Allen I. Kraut, Abraham K. Korman

Overview

Written for non-experts in jargon-free language, this work shows how to create systems within organizations that preempt the monetary, strategic, and emotional costs associated with on-the-job conflict. Its clear and simple approach translates advanced concepts into practical how-tos and provides readers with four guiding principles they can follow to create conflict control systems of their own. Amply illustrated with real-world examples, it details the policies, procedures, and practices that make for successful control systems and tells precisely how to implement them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787940126
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/22/1999
Series:	J-B SIOP Professional Practice Series , #1
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.35(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

ALLEN I. KRAUT is an industrial/organizational psychologist. After directing personnel research at IBM for twenty-five years, he is now professor of management at City University of New York's Baruch College and president of Kraut Associates, a human resource consulting firm based in Rye, New York. ABRAHAM K. KORMAN is an eminent and widely published industrial/organizational psychologist and Wollman Distinguished Professor of Management at City University of New York's Baruch College.

Table of Contents

CHANGES IN THE WORLD OF WORK: SIGNS AND ROOT CAUSES.

The "DELTA Forces" Causing Change in Human Resource Management.

Motivation, Commitment, and the "New Contracts" Between Employers and Employees.

SPECIFIC PRACTICE AREAS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

Is Job Analysis Dead, Misunderstood, or Both? New Forms of Work Analysis and Design.

Recruitment and Selection: Benchmarking at the Millenium.

Our Past, Present, and Future in Teams: The Role of Human Resource Professionals in Managing Team Performance.

Performance Management: The Real Glue in Organizations.

Personal and Career Development: The Best and Worst of Times.

Leadership Development: Contemporary Practices.

Building Room at the Top: Selecting Senior Executives Who Can Lead and Succeed in the New World of Work.

Worker Participation: Current Promise, Future Prospects.

Diversity: Lessons from Global Human Resource Practices.

HELPING ORGANIZATIONS CHANGE: COPING WITH DOWNSIZING, MERGERS, REENGINEERING, AND REORGANIZATIONS.

Organization Surveys: Coming of Age for a New Era.

Is the Sky Really Falling? A View of the Future.

Editorial Reviews

"The table of contents for Evolving Practices reads like a survival kit for HR executives. This book provides concrete advice on how to deal with the challenges facing senior HR executives. From recruitment to leadership development, it offers valuable and usable insights." (Donald J. Sacco, executive vice president of human resources, Bell Atlantic)

"A very well done overview of the important issues faced by human resource management today. I highly recommAnd it." (Ed Lawler, director, Center for Effective Organizations)

From the Publisher

Draws on insights from the latest research, best practices from successful organizations, and the views of leading industrial and organizational psychologists to explore the shifts in demographics, economics, regulations, technology, and values and how they affect the practices employed by human resource managers and organizational psychologists. Addressing specific human resource functions aimed at enhancing effective performance and the individual's sense of personal and social fulfillment, examines the assumptions that underlie traditional practices and reveals areas where new realities demand new strategies and innovations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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