This practical guide is a complete human resources manual specifically designed for companies with fewer than 1500 employees. This comprehensive edition shows how to: set up or expand a human resources department; recruit, interview, select and orient new employees; manage career development, counselling, discipline and other employee relations tasks; establish compensation, benefits and performance appraisal programmes; provide effective training and development; and comply with EEO and other legal requirements. The book treats a complicated subject in a practical manner; it assumes no prior knowledge. Diane Arthur is the author of "Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting and Orienting New Employees" and "Workplace Testing".
Diane Arthur is the founder of Arthur Associates Management Consultants, Ltd. Human Resource Development Specialists. For the past 25 years she has provided training and consulting services to numerous organizations in all facets of HR including: the essential components of HR; recruiting, interviewing, and selecting new employees; orientation; performance management; employment law; sexual harassment; training and development; job descriptions; verbal, written and nonverbal communication; employer/employee relations; coaching and counseling; employee handbooks; career planning; retention; and the changing role of HR.
Prior to founding Arthur Associates Diane worked as an HR generalist in both nonprofit and corporate work environments.
Diane's signature writing style is simultaneously informative and conversational. She is the author of several books including: five editions of "Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting & Orienting New Employees" (also published in Colombia, the People's Republic of China and India); "The First-Time Manager's Guide to Performance Appraisals" (also published in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan); "The Complete Human Resources Writing Guide;" "The Employee Recruitment and Retention Handbook;" two editions of "Managing Human Resources in Small and Mid-Sized Companies;" and "Workplace Testing." She is also the author of several self-study programs including: Performance Appraisals: Strategies for Success; Fundamentals of HR Management 4th Edition; Successful Interviewing; and Success Through Assertiveness, as well as articles for magazines and periodicals such as National Business Employment Weekly; Management Solutions; Supervisory Management; and HR Focus.
