Techniques for evaluating the human resource function, and measuring its bottom-line contribution. This guide develops a results-based approach to human resources that keeps an eye on the bottom line. Based on actual experiences, accepted practices, and a strong 10-year research base, it clearly shows you how to: Uncover and monitor the costs of human resource (HR) programs Develop programs emphasizing accountability Design data-collection instruments for evaluation Measure the contribution of human resources Calculate the return on investment Elevate management's commitment to HR programs Phillips' nine-step, results-based human resource model helps you analyze, create, and execute successful HR programs. In addition, you'll find a Human Resources Effectiveness Index you can use to measure the overall effectiveness of HR performance. A benchmarking chapter assists you in comparing your success against other organizations. HR professionals, top- and middle-level managers, and students of human resources management will find this book an invaluable resource in which each technique and idea has been tested and proven in actual practice. 'Accountability in Human Resource Management' develops a results-based approach to human resources that keeps an eye on the bottom line. Based on actual experiences, accepted practices, and a strong 10-year research base, it clearly shows you how to: *Uncover and monitor the costs of human resource (HR) programs *Develop programs emphasizing accountability *Design data-collection instruments for evaluation *Measure the contribution of human resources *Calculate the return on investment *Elevate management's commitment to HR programs Phillips' nine-step, results-based human resource model helps you analyze, create, and execute successful HR programs. In addition, you'll find a Human Resources Effectiveness Index you can use to measure the overall effectiveness of HR performance. A benchmarking chapter assists you in comparing your success against other organizations. HR professionals, top- and middle-level managers, and students of human resources management will find this book an invaluable resource in which each technique and idea has been tested and proven in actual practice.

From selection and assessment, to training and development, and reward management, all HR functions have an impact on an organization. Ever-present budgetary pressures mean that there is perpetual competition for resources, so HR departments must be able to account for and justify their contribution to the bottom line. This practical text presents a results-based approach to HR accountability, which explains how to: Uncover and monitor the costs of HR programs Develop programs emphasizing accountability Collect data for evaluation Measure the contribution of human resources Calculate HR’s return on investment This new edition is fully revised and updated to reflect developments in the field, such as the rise of talent management and the increased role of technology in HR measurement, and is supported with international examples throughout. New chapters have been added to address business alignment, HR scorecards, analytics maturity, and international applications of the methodology. Case studies, tool templates and lecture slides are provided as online supplements for HR practitioners and students. Accountability in Human Resource Management 2nd Edition is a complete and detailed guide suitable for HR professionals and students on advanced human resource management courses.

From selection and assessment, to training and development, and reward management, all HR functions have an impact on an organization. Ever-present budgetary pressures mean that there is perpetual competition for resources, so HR departments must be able to account for and justify their contribution to the bottom line. This practical text presents a results-based approach to HR accountability, which explains how to: Uncover and monitor the costs of HR programs Develop programs emphasizing accountability Collect data for evaluation Measure the contribution of human resources Calculate HR’s return on investment This new edition is fully revised and updated to reflect developments in the field, such as the rise of talent management and the increased role of technology in HR measurement, and is supported with international examples throughout. New chapters have been added to address business alignment, HR scorecards, analytics maturity, and international applications of the methodology. Case studies, tool templates and lecture slides are provided as online supplements for HR practitioners and students. Accountability in Human Resource Management 2nd Edition is a complete and detailed guide suitable for HR professionals and students on advanced human resource management courses.

The role of HRM in developing sustainable business organizations is increasingly attracting attention. Sustainability can be used as a principle for HRM itself and the tasks of Sustainable HRM are twofold. On the one hand it fosters the conditions for individual employee sustainability and develops the ability of HRM systems to continuously attract, regenerate and develop motivated and engaged employees by making the HRM system itself sustainable. On the other hand Sustainable HRM contributes to the sustainability of the business organizations through cooperation with the top management, key stakeholders and NGOs and by realising economic, ecological, social and human sustainability goals. This book provides a comprehensive review of the new area of Sustainable HRM and of research from different disciplines like sustainable work systems, ergonomics, HRM, linking sustainability and HRM. It brings together the views of academics and practitioners and provides many ideas for conceptual development, empirical exploration and practical implementation. This publication intends to advance the international academic and practice-based debates on the potential of sustainability for HRM and vice versa. In 19 chapters, 26 authors from five continents explore the role of HRM in developing economically, socially and ecologically sustainable organizations, the concept of Sustainable HRM and the role of HRM in developing Sustainable HRM systems and how sustainability and HRM are conceptualized and perceived in different areas of the world.

International competitive pressures, the increasing size and complexity of organizations, the changing values, career concerns, and demography of the work force -- these and a host of other factors have made the modern corporation's traditional approach to personnel management permanently obsolete. Developed and proven over the last half decade at the Harvard Business School, this pathbreaking text brings together thirty authentic business cases to illustrate the broader, more comprehensive, more strategic perspective managers -- especially general managers -- must take to utilize and conserve a firm's increasingly valuable human resources in the 1980s and beyond. Human Resource Management explores four major policy areas. Employee influence discusses management's task of delegating appropriate power and responsibility over business goals, pay, working conditions, job security, and related issues. Managing human resource flow examines the responsibility managers share in handling the flow of employees through an organization -- from recruiting them and appraising their performance to formulating guidelines on career development, promotion, outplacement, and fair treatment. Reward systems looks at the objective of designing and administering a system of rewards to attract, motivate, and retain employees. And work systems considers how managers define, design, and supervise work itself -- whether it be at a manufacturing plant or in an office setting. Each policy area receives a thorough introduction by the authors (including a conceptual overview and necessary background information concerning institutional arrangements and typical personnel practice) and isfollowed by several cases presenting HRM problems and approaches in a range of real-world business settings. Lucid, richly detailed, and consistently stimulating, the cases permit students to develop their skills in: * diagnosing a firm's human resource policies and recognizing their long-term consequences * integrating human resource policies into a corporation's overall competitive strategy * creating mechanisms for employee influence and participation as well as assessing the potential for union-management collaboration * designing and administering reward systems that complement other HRM changes * implementing practical, effective work systems that dramatically improve employee commitment and competence Throughout, Human Resource Management demonstrates that HRM policy decisions can no longer be delegated as a functional specialty -- that HRM strategy must fit competitive strategy, that HRM involves investment decisions with long-term implications, and that employees are a major stakeholder whose interests can and must be acknowledged by top management. By presenting HRM as a coherent, proactive (rather than reactive) management model, it provides business students with the critical resources they will need to promote sound and productive relations between their organization and its employees.

Human Resource Management: Principles And Practice Is Designed To Provide A Comprehensive Introduction To The Subject. It Is A Student-Oriented Textbook As It Satisfies The Requirements Of Students For An Exhaustive Exposure To The Principles And Practice