This book explores the reasons for persistent differences in work practices both within and between industries. The authors found that the strategy that a firm chooses to follow often determines the kind of work practices it fosters. Therefore a firm may not adopt the approach now advocated by...

For the first time in history, four distinct and very different generations are working together. Generational conflict is one of the last bastions of acceptable discrimination in today's workplace. Each generation has different beliefs, expectations, values, learning styles, and desires. These...

Indonesia, with over 240 million people and rich of natural resources and abundant human resources, is very attractive for investors operating in wide array of industries.Many reports on Human Resource Management (HRM) and the English journals have written about the developing countries in...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: HRM and organisational performance today -- 1 Crisis? What crisis? -- Coming in from the cold -- Enter the academy -- The logical song -- Two worlds, two takes, same...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables -- Prologue and acknowledgements -- Part 1 Methods of personnel selection -- 1 Early, unscientific methods -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Graphology -- 1.2.1 Scientific evidence for graphology -- 1.2.2...

In the modern economic paradigm characterized by a multitude of business management theories aimed at maximizing profits, there is a danger of formalizing management techniques to the extent of dehumanizing individuals or reducing them to humanoids. This book deals with familiar concepts in the...

Key Features:Explores the essentials of motivation theory coupled with best practices in the corporate worldContributes to a deeper and practical understanding of what drives human motivation at workPresents the Motivation Spectrum - a dynamic motivation tool designed by the authors.

Well-intentioned diversity programs are failing to create true workplace equality; Martin Davidson provides a new model for the future that makes "leveraging difference" a critical business strategy, not just politically correct window dressing.