Organizations today are facing heightened challenges in their efforts to perform effectively. These challenges are reflected in the failure of many long-standing organizations and the shortened tenure of senior level executives. There is increasing agreement that the unique competitive advantage organizations have today lies in their people, their human resource management practices and their cultures. All other elements of production can be readily obtained, bought or copied. We are now in the era of human capital; to be successful organizations need to unleash the talents of their people. Fortunately we now have considerable understanding of what high performing organizations look like. However, a large gap still exists between what we know and what managers actually do. With contributions from a team of leading academics and practitioners, Building More Effective Organizations provides an extensive survey of human resource management and the organizational practices associated with the high performance of individuals.
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"Both scholars have academic credentials in organizational theory and behavior with a focus on private sector organizations...Burke and Cooper emphasize the development of employees, which benefits the individual as well as overall organizational health and functioning...The chapters are both interesting and effectively combined."
Public Administration Review, Brian N. Williams, University of Georgia
Public Administration Review, Brian N. Williams, University of Georgia
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There is increasing agreement that the unique competitive advantage organizations have today lies in their people, their human resource management practices and their cultures. With contributions from leading academics and practitioners, this book is a survey of human resource management and the organizational practices associated with the performance of individuals.
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Wide ranging contributions containing some thought provoking material and action points,
This review is from: Building More Effective Organizations: HR Management and Performance in Practice (Hardcover)
What I seeking was a comprehensive guide to improving effectiveness and performance in organisations. It achieves this in parts hence the four possibly three star rating. Starting with the strengths:
* The first chapter on Building more effective organisations brings together what is known about achieving high levels of organisation performance.This is done very well in a concise format and the book is worth buying for this alone. * The material in chapter 6 on leadership development is excellent and covers current thinking and best practice in how to connect your leadership strategy to Business strategy. In terms of weaknesses: * The coverage of how to build more effective teams in chapter 7 left me with a sense of what value does does this section of the book add to the readers knowledge/understanding? My conclusion is very little it is hard going and you feel that you have entered a world that is far removed from the practioner on the ground.You wonder why this was included,have the editors really thought through the reasons for including this contribution. * The lack of coverage of how to design an effective organisation design eg structures/processes etc that enhances organisation performance was disappointing. For example the work of Jay Galbraith and others in this field was not given attention.If you produce a book on building more effective organisations this is a major omission. * The coverage of health and well-being is overdone, in many areas it feels more like a text on counselling/occupational psychology, the balance is not entirely right. Did anyone actually test the range of topics on potential readers? In summary the HR practioner will find this useful. Would I reccomend it to a manager looking to improve organisation effectiveness, I am less sure about this. Stan Felstead. Interchange Resources UK
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