Paperback: 323 pages
Publisher: Harvard Business Press; First Trade Paper Edition edition (November 14, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591398223
ISBN-13: 978-1591398226
Product Description
In an age of stiffening competition, everyone in an organization must develop a strategic mind-set—by understanding the company’s competitive strategy and helping the firm execute it. In this essential resource, readers will find guidelines for creating the HR initiatives, policies, and departmental structures that will ensure success.
From the Back Cover
HUMAN RESOURCES
The HR professional's guide to crafting and executing effective strategies
You're developing crucial strategies for numerous HR efforts-workforce planning and talent retention, compensation, training and development, and recruitment and selection. How do you ensure that these HR strategies deliver as promised-and help hone your company's competitive edge? This book offers potent guidelines, including ways to:
Adopt a strategic mind-set
Identify your organization's most pressing strategic challenges
Craft HR strategies that support high-level corporate strategy
Successfully execute your HR strategies
The Business Literacy for HR Professionals Series
The Business Literacy for HR Professionals Series educates HR professionals at all levels in the principles, practices, and processes of business and management. Developed in cooperation with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and drawing on rich content from Harvard Business School Publishing and SHRM, these books provide a comprehensive overview of the concepts, skills, and tools HR professionals need to be influential strategic partners in their organizations.
Series Adviser: Wendy Bliss, J.D., SPHR, author of Legal, Effective References: How to Give and Get Them, coauthor of The Employment Termination Source Book: A Collection of Practical Samples, and contributor to Human Resource Essentials (all published by the Society for Human Resource Management), is an expert on human resource issues. She provides HR consulting, executive coaching, and corporate training to clients nationally.
OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES:
The Essentials of Managing Change and Transition
The Essentials of Finance and Budgeting
The Essentials of Negotiation
The Essentials of Power, Influence, and Persuasion
The Essentials of Project Management
The Essentials of Corporate Communications and Public Relations
