Human Resources in the 21st Century

  • 7h 3m
  • Marc Effron, Marshall Goldsmith (eds), Robert Grandossy
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2003

New and faster technology, redefined values, and shifting customer demands are changing the way businesses operate in the twenty-first century. Human resources and business leaders are faced with the challenge of redefining their strategies on leadership, talent, and diversity, while evaluating their operational effectiveness. This book presents the compelling contributions of thought leaders-such as David Ulrich, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Jeffrey Pfeffer-who offer a road map for what these leaders can expect. Renowned HR executives also provide their expert advice and prescriptions for the future. The nature of human resources will continue to evolve as the new century progresses-with this book, HR professionals can change with it.

About the Editors

Marc Effron is the Global Practice Leader for Hewitt Associates Leadership Practice. His leadership work centers on helping organizations attract, develop and retain top leadership talent. Robert Gandossy heads Hewitt's Global Practice Leaders for Talent and has over twenty years' experience in human resources, leadership, and change management. Marshall Goldsmith is a founding Director of The Alliance for Strategic Leadership, a consulting organization.

In this Book

  • Getting Extraordinary Results From Ordinary People
  • Looking North on the Leadership Compass
  • The 21st Century Workforce
  • Engaging the Generations
  • Globalization
  • Understanding Referent Groups and Diversity
  • Putting Pride to Work
  • Leveraging HR
  • Strategic HRM Measurement
  • Human Resource Management and Business Performance
  • The Icarus Syndrome
  • Maximizing the Probability of Success of Newly Recruited Executives
  • Learning via Education and Training
  • Beam Me Some Talent, Scotty!
  • Free to Choose
  • Building a New Partnership
  • Get Down to Business
  • Accommodating Change in the 21st Century
  • Managing Global Total Rewards
  • Globalization of HR
  • Challenges of a Global Marketplace
  • When Change is Out of Our Control
  • Mother's Work is Never Done
  • Unilever's Path to Growth
  • Finding the Missing Link
  • Convergence of HR
  • Is this the End of HR?
  • Transforming Your HR Department into a Start-Up Professional Services Firm
  • What's Next for the People Function? A Missing Link for Delivering Value
  • Profession at a Crossroads
  • Human Resources and Power
  • Managing for Execution
  • HR As a Trusted Partner
  • The HR Head as Trusted CEO Advisor
  • Notes
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