Ultimate performance measuring human resources at work

Meeting the challenges of high-performance HRUntil 1760 ships routinely disappeared, ran aground, or sank because seafarers could not measure longitude. The cost in life and property was immense. Today, business faces a similar challenge, as the failure to measure human resources performance is just...

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Main Author: Burkholder, Nicholas C. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons c2007.
Edition:3rd ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627158606719
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Summary:Meeting the challenges of high-performance HRUntil 1760 ships routinely disappeared, ran aground, or sank because seafarers could not measure longitude. The cost in life and property was immense. Today, business faces a similar challenge, as the failure to measure human resources performance is just as costly and deadly to modern organizations.Senior executives once considered HR a ""soft,"" unavoidable cost of doing business, responsible for compensation, employee transactions, company functions, workforce problems, and legal issues. Three factors changed this perception: the
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (290 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.
ISBN:9781119201625
9781280900235
9786610900237
9780470130551