Download or read book Human Capital in History written by Leah Platt Boustan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume honours the contributions Claudia Goldin has made to scholarship and teaching in economic history and labour economics. The chapters address some closely integrated issues: the role of human capital in the long-term development of the American economy, trends in fertility and marriage, and women's participation in economic change.
Download or read book Technical Change with Human Resources written by Shoeb Ahmad and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book containing three major components (i) manpower management in 21st century; (ii) environmental context of human resource management; and (iii) stressing on process of technological innovations with its implications in organized means is a synthesis in providing a platform for meaningful exchanges to introspect and learn about positioning the HR function to create value. The state components were considered important in developing organizational structures and system to achieve strategic objectives. The emphasis was on involvement of line management in implementing HR depending on the extent to which the function can be driven through line management. Contents: Manpower Management in 21st Century, Environmental Context of Human Resource Management, The Emerging Vistas of Human Resources, Striking Features of New Technology, Concept and Process of Technological Innovations, The Organisational Implications of Successful Technological Change, Performance Appraisal/Potential Evaluation in Context of New Technology, New Issues in Manpower Training and Career Development.
Download or read book Human Resource Management and Technical Change written by Jon Clark (Ph. D.) and published by . This book was released on 1993-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical change is a fact of modern organizational life, inevitably impacting, to a greater or lesser extent, upon the management of human resources. This book provides the first systematic analysis of the relations between technical change and HRM. Introductory chapters overview the central themes and debates. For example, what role do human resource managers play in the processes of technical change in organizations? What opportunities or constraints are presented by different dimensions of technical change? How does technical change affect such issues as job design, supervision, total quality management, team-working, increased flexibility, skills training and employee involvement? Succeeding contributions develop these themes in more detail, drawing on research and case studies across a range of organizations. They clearly demonstrate that effective technical change in organizations is integrally related to effective human resource mangement - as much by general and line managers as by specialist personnel managers. The book concludes with a synthesis of practical implications, both for the management of human resources and the implementation of technical change. Human Resource Management and Technical Change is an important contribution to a key topic. It will be essential reading for students and professionals in HRM//personnel management, organizational behaviour, organizational change and development, industrial relations and general management studies.
Download or read book Human Resource Management and Technological Challenges written by Carolina Machado and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the challenges and changes that new technologies bring to human resources (HR) of modern organizations. It examines the technological implications of the last changes taking place and how they affect the management and motivation of human resources belonging to these organizations. It looks for ways to understand and perceive how organizational HR, individually and as a team, conceptualize, invent, adapt, define and use organizational technology, as well as how they are constrained by features of it. The book provides discussion and the exchange of information on principles, strategies, models, techniques, methodologies and applications of human resources management and technological challenges and changes in the field of industry, commerce and services.
Download or read book Technical Change with Human Resource written by Shoeb Ahmad and published by Discovery Publishing House Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has three major - manpower management in the 21st Century, environmental context of human resource management and the role of technology in human behaviour. These three aspects decide the HR Positioning in any organisation and its social implications.
Download or read book Human Resource Management and Technical Change written by Professor Jon Clark and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1993-06-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role do human resource managers play in the processes of technical change in organizations? What opportunities or constraints are presented by different dimensions of technical change? How does technical change affect such issues as job design, supervision, total quality management, team-working, increased flexibility, skills training and employee involvement? In addressing these central themes and debates, this book provides a systematic analysis of the relations between technical change and human resource management (HRM). The contributors draw on research and case studies to clearly demonstrate that effective technical change in organizations is integrally related to effective HRM - as much by general and line managers as by specialist personnel managers.
Download or read book New Technology Routledge Revivals written by Greg J. Bamber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989, this book presents a unique comparative perspective on the relationship between technological change and human resource management. Following a detailed introduction, chapters deal with a variety of issues, including managing change, industrial democracy and employee involvement, gender and structural change. International and well-renowned authors provide an authoritative analysis, which will be of particular interest to students of Business and Management, organisational and technological change, Economics and Sociology.
Download or read book Facilitating Technological Change written by Patricia M. Flynn and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Ballinger Publishing Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a new framework based on production life-cycle models, Flynn examines the relationships between technology, job, and human resources. He presents life-cycle models for products, processes, and technologies and analyzes empirical evidence from case studies on the effects of technological change at the workplace. He demonstrates patterns in skill requirements, jobs, training needs, employer staffing practices and workers' career paths over the life cycle of a technology. Exploring the impact of technological change in the community, he discusses the technology-induced changes in skill requirements and training needs and breaks new ground in the debate on how best to develop high-technology training programs. ISBN 0-88730-104-5: $29.95.
Download or read book Digital HR written by Deborah Waddill and published by Society for Human Resource Management. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's an exciting time to be in HR as scores of technologies, such as Watson, AI, predictive modeling, real-time data analytics, HR shared service centers, and others are being implemented at a rapid pace by HR leaders around the world every day. Digital HR expertly addresses the revolutionary trends and disruptive echnologies to provide HR executives, managers, specialists, generalists, and students with a comprehensive and evidence-based guide to current technologies that enhance, enable, revitalize, and empower Human Resources. With practical insight, real-world case studies, tips and tools, recommendations, and additional resources, Waddill guides readers through each of the major technologies and addresses vital strategic and implementation issues.
Download or read book Human Resource Management And Technical Changes written by Shoeb Ahmad and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface 1. Concept and Perspectives of Human Resource Management Human Resource Management/Personnel Management, Recent Changes in Personnel Management, HRM: A Diagnostic Model, Perspective. 2. Environmental Context of Human Resource Management Manage
Download or read book Transforming Human Resource Functions With Automation written by Pathak, Anchal and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology is used in various forms within today’s modern market. Businesses and companies, specifically, are beginning to manage their effectiveness and performance using intelligent systems and other modes of digitization. The rise of artificial intelligence and automation has caused organizations to re-examine how they utilize their personnel and how to train employees for new skillsets using these technologies. These responsibilities fall on the shoulders of human resources, creating a need for further understanding of autonomous systems and their capabilities within organizational progression. Transforming Human Resource Functions With Automation is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems within human resource management and modern alterations that are occurring. While highlighting topics including cloud-based systems, robotics, and social media, this book is ideally designed for managers, practitioners, researchers, executives, policymakers, strategists, academicians, and students seeking current research on advancements within human resource strategies through the implementation of information technology and automation.
Download or read book Effective Human Resource Management written by Edward Lawler and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective Human Resource Management is the Center for Effective Organizations' (CEO) sixth report of a fifteen-year study of HR management in today's organizations. The only long-term analysis of its kind, this book compares the findings from CEO's earlier studies to new data collected in 2010. Edward E. Lawler III and John W. Boudreau measure how HR management is changing, paying particular attention to what creates a successful HR function—one that contributes to a strategic partnership and overall organizational effectiveness. Moreover, the book identifies best practices in areas such as the design of the HR organization and HR metrics. It clearly points out how the HR function can and should change to meet the future demands of a global and dynamic labor market. For the first time, the study features comparisons between U.S.-based firms and companies in China, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and other European countries. With this new analysis, organizations can measure their HR organization against a worldwide sample, assessing their positioning in the global marketplace, while creating an international standard for HR management.
Download or read book Technical Change and Human Resource Management in the Non union Firm written by Ian McLoughlin and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Global Trends in Human Resource Management written by Edward E. Lawler III and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1995, USC's Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) has conducted the definitive longitudinal study of the human resource management function in organizations. By analyzing new data every three years since then, the Center has been able to consistently chart changes in how HR is organized and managed, while at the same time providing guidance on how professionals in the field can drive firm performance. Global Trends in Human Resource Management, the seventh report from CEO, provides the newest findings about what makes HR successful and how it can add value to organizations today. Edward E. Lawler III and John W. Boudreau conclude that HR is most powerful when it plays a strategic role, makes use of information technology, has tangible metrics and analytics, and integrates talent and business strategies. To adapt to the demands of a changing global marketplace, HR is increasingly required to span the boundaries between its function, the organization as a whole, and the dynamic environment within which it operates. This report tracks changes in a global sample of firms that shows how HR differs across Europe, the U.S., and Asia, providing an international benchmark against which to measure a company's practice and shows how HR can adapt in a rapidly changing landscape.
Download or read book Workplace Innovation written by Peter Oeij and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on workplace innovation, which is a key element in ensuring that organizations and the people within them can adapt to and engage in healthy, sustainable change. It features a collection of multi-level, multi-disciplinary contributions that combine theory, research and practical perspectives. In addition, the book presents new perspectives from a number of nations on policies with novel theoretical approaches to workplace innovation, as well as international case studies on the subject. These cases highlight the role of leadership, the relation between workplace innovation and well-being, as well as the do’s and don’ts of workplace innovation implementation. Whether you are an experienced workplace practitioner, manager, a policy-maker, unionist, or a student of workplace innovation, this book contains a range of tips, tools and international case studies to help the reader understand and implement workplace innovation.
Download or read book Human Resource Management and Change written by Lanny Entrekin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new book has grown from a need to provide practical advice to managers who deal with contemporary human resource and change issues. A crucial role of a manager is to respond in the best interests of the organisation and at the same time retain talent. Skill shortages and ageing populations in developed economies and the need for emerging economies to develop their workforce coincide to present managers with unique challenges. Human Resource Management and Change: A practising managers guide offers a timely overview of recent environmental and economic changes as depicted by the DELTA forces of change. These include demographic, environmental, legal, technical and attitudinal changes that are in part the product of globalization, and the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The fundamental strategies for managing change and implementing human resource practices are clearly explained. End of chapter study guides further explain the topics of the chapters by providing case studies and review and discussion questions as well as further reading. The text reflects the everyday challenge managers face in a turbulent environment and focuses on providing practical guidelines to managers who may not have higher academic qualifications to help them manage people and change.
Download or read book Human Resource Management and the Implementation of Change written by Paritosh Mishra and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increased pace of global, economic and technological development, change has become an inevitable feature of any organisation to survive in the competitive market. If it is a planned change process, the HR practitioner can use any of the existing general models or theories of change and use suggestive interventions to increase effectiveness and capability to change itself. When the magnitude of change is unpredictable or the degree of the organisational process or systems is unorganised, the existing models or practice of planned change is still in the formative stage, and there is room for continuous refinement and improvement. This book will bridge this gap in the current organisational development and change literature by benefiting the HR practitioner with six real case studies. The cases bring out the interventions adopted, key activities associated with the successful implementation of interventions and the critical role played by HR in achieving organisational effectiveness. This book captures the transformational journey of a diverse set of companies and weaves various dimensions into a common coherent framework for the field of HRM in Change Management. The case studies illustrate six powerful organisational experiences, listing the major activities contributing to effective change management from motivating change, vision, support from key stakeholders, transition management to organisational and HR commitment for implementation. By demonstrating the role of HR as a ‘change agent,’ this volume will be valuable to researchers, academics, managers and students in the fields of human resource management and change management.
