HR from the Heart: Inspiring Stories and Strategies for Building the People Side of Great Business

AMACOM/American Management Association; 1st edition
ISBN: 0814407560
256 pages March 2003 CHM

Human resources professionals are entrusted, perhaps more than any other corporate designates, with the well-being of their organization's population. They bridge the gaps between the individual and the collective, the person and the purpose. The most successful and effective HR professionals see their careers as a calling, and their work, though driven by corporate goals, is graced by a sense of purpose, a profound generosity, and a love for what they do and the constituencies they serve. HR from the Heart is a book for HR practitioners who love their jobs -- or want to. Libby Sartain, one of the country's top human resources executives, reveals how HR professionals create a synergy between business objectives and the needs and wants of employees. This inspiring book is equal parts motivational message and how-to, confessional and career guide. Filled with stories from Sartain's considerable experience, HR from the Heart offers a first-hand perspective on forging relationships, selling HR to the company, taking diversity beyond "by the book," keeping policy in perspective, and more -- all while making the right career moves, staying engaged, and forwarding the strategic goals of the company.

Planning and Managing Human Resources, Second Edition

By William J. Rothwell, H. C. Kazanas
Publisher: HRD Press
Number Of Pages: 582
Publication Date: 2002-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0874257182
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780874257182
Binding: Paperback

Sharpen your strategic thinking and planning skills. Anticipate problems, rather than merely react to them. Craft HR programs and other initiatives designed to meet your organization's needs for knowledge capital. The completely revised and updated new edition of Planning & Managing Human Resources will help you successfully implement the steps of strategic planning for human resources. Learn how to establish a strategic human resources plan that will contribute to your organization's business plan and ensure you outperform your competitors.
There is no better guide to continuously improving your personnel department.
Planning and Managing Human Resources is the most comprehensive book available on Human Resources and all its functions. Packed with exercises and case studies, the book will be useful to HR practitioners, HR or personnel managers, specialists in HR planning—any HR practitioner, regardless of title.
The authors explore the important roles practitioners play in the continuous improvement of their organization's HR departments—organizational coordinator, work analyst, workforce analyst, auditor, environmental scanner, forecaster, planning formulator, integrator, planning manager and planning evaluator.
The book also sheds new light on HR "practice areas" as ways to implement an HR grand strategy:
Career planning and management Recruitment and selection Training Organization development Job redesign Employee assistance programs Labor relations Compensation and benefits

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People and Organizations: Explorations of Human-Centered Design

(Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management)
By William B. Rouse
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Number Of Pages: 472
Publication Date: 2007-06-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470099046
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470099049
Binding: Hardcover

This book is about people who operate, maintain, design, research, and manage complex systems, ranging from air traffic control systems, process control plants and manufacturing facilities to industrial enterprises, government agencies and universities. The focus is on the nature of the work these types of people perform, as well as the human abilities and limitations that usually enable and sometimes hinder their work. In particular, this book addresses how to best enhance abilities and overcome limitations, as well as foster acceptance of the means to these ends.
Summary: Too ExpensiveRating: 2
This book should be selling for no more than $39.95. I'd like to buy it, but not at this price. As a publisher I can tell you it costs a penny a page to publish a book like this. I am adding this book to my list of books I would buy and review if they were more reasonably priced.

The Human Side of Leadership: Navigating Emotions at Work

By Rick Ginsberg, Timothy Gray Davies
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2007-07-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0275991326
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780275991326
Binding: Hardcover

Any management decision that involves people (in other words, any management decision) has an emotional component. Given the ubiquitous nature of emotions as part of the human psyche, one would expect leaders and managers to be well-trained and equipped to deal with emotions in the workplace. On the contrary, the emotional side of being a leader is largely ignored in formal and informal training programs, often resulting in miscommunication between managers and their employees, and contributing to workplace stress. Though concepts such as "emotional intelligence" have entered the mainstream, systematic development of skills in managing emotions in the workplace have yet to emerge, and are often relegated to the "touchy-feely" end of the spectrum. This book argues that without acknowledging the powerful influence of emotions--their own as well as others'--managers are doomed to fail in their interactions with employees, peers, and bosses, and ultimately in their ability to manage and lead effectively. Ginsberg and Davies draw from primary research, including interviews with managers in a variety of settings, to introduce readers to the "emotional side of leadership" and demonstrate its positive effects on individual and organizational performance. They present practical tools for honing emotional navigation skills and applying them toward decision making, problem solving, communication, feedback, and performance improvement.
Summary: Highly Recommended to Deal with Emotional Work SituationsRating: 5
It is not enough to have the technical skills and knowledge to be an effective manager and/or leader. The most difficult challenges are often the ones related to dealing with emotionally-laden situations with colleagues, supervisees, bosses, and "customers" (which can be students in an academic setting). This book provides guidance for dealing with these situations and includes lots of interesing examples from various types of work settings. I found it really helpful to me as a leader/manager. I have been able to put several of the suggestions to good use. The book was also very interesting to read.

Organizational Success through Effective Human Resources Management:By Ronald R. Sims

Publisher: Quorum Books
Number Of Pages: 408
Publication Date: 2002-03-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1567204813
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781567204810
Binding: Hardcover

Not only are performance and human resources management (HRM) bound tightly together, but Sims even goes so far as to say that the way people are managed in coming decades will be the most important determinant of organizational success. He shows how success is determined by a firm's skill in attracting, developing, and retaining its human capital; how a firm's people are what give it a measurable advantage over the competition; and how an organization's commitment to developing its people's abilities and skills is an obligation at all levels. Sims focuses on practical, real-world human resources problems and activities emphasize the need for managers to prove themselves excellent people managers as well, and covers the traditional HRM tasks and responsibilities in ways that will give them new meaning and urgency. By focusing on current challenges, emerging issues, and HRM innovations now on the horizon, Sims' book is essential for managers and executives throughout the organization, and indeed throughout all sectors of the economy. Sims provides a firsthand understanding of the importance of HRM and lays out the tools to help managers do it well. He emphasizes repeatedly how important it is for organizations to understand that their success depends on their ability to attract and keep talented employees. With its persuasive discussion of the trends and emerging issues in the development of proactive human resources policies and practices, the book shows how to anticipate and work towards the development and retention of the right people. It emphasizes the importance of taking a strategic approach to all of the various human resources activities, and proves throughout that for an organization to prosper and earn a profit, goals must be set and initiatives taken in all areas of HRM and by all people, whatever their levels of responsibility may be.