Managing a Small HRD Department: You Can Do More Than You Think (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series) [Paperback]

Carol P McCoy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1993 | ISBN-10: 1555425291 | ISBN-13: 978-1555425296 | Edition: 1

A must-read for managers of small HRD departments...filled with useful tools, examples, and guidelines on how to make the best use of resources to meet the needs of the organization.
--Janet O'Donnell Nelson, Director of Training and Education, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.

This hands-on tool kit is specifically designed to help small HRD departments maximize its resources. This operating manual will help you successfully adapt strategies used by large training departments to meet your organization's needs.

You'll get numerous checklists, valuable case examples, and reproducible worksheets to help you apply the proven techniques for budgeting, program development, evaluation, and more. The author gives you success stories from a huge variety of industries. You'll find it to be your survival guide for successfully running an HRD department with minimal resources.

Learn how to:

• Conduct a needs analysis study and make use of organizational data and feedback
• Employ internal and external resources to develop programs that meet strategic business needs
• Create and manage a budget
• Use meetings, newsletters, and electronic mail to effectively market programs and services
• Conduct program evaluations that accurately pinpoint the strengths as well as areas for improvement in their programs...and much more!

The spiralbound format facilitates quick reference. This book won't leave your desk!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A must-read for managers of small HRD departments... filled with useful tools, examples, and guidelines on how to make the best use of resources to meet the needs of the organization." (Janet O'Donnell Nelson, director of training and education, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.)

"This is the closest thing to an operating manual as you'll find in the field." (Jack P. Lerner, director, management development and training, C. R. Bard, Inc.)

From the Inside Flap

A hands-on tool kit to help managers of one-to-three-person departments. Reveals how managers who are new to the department head role can maximize scarce resources and adapt the successful strategies used by large training departments to meet their organization's needs. Valuable case examples, numerous checklists, and fifteen reproducible worksheets help managers directly apply these proven techniques for program development, evaluation, and more. Sharing success stories from such varied industries as financial services, health care, and pharmaceuticals, Managing a Small HRD Department shows managers how to:

• Conduct a needs analysis study and make use of organizational data and feedback
• Employ internal and external resources to develop programs that meet strategic business needs
• Create and manage a budget
• Use meetings, newsletters, and electronic mail to effectively market programs and services
• Conduct program evaluations that accurately pinpoint the strengths as well as areas for improvement in their programs.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (January 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555425291
• ISBN-13: 978-1555425296
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,102,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, thorough, insightful book!, March 3, 1999

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This review is from: Managing a Small HRD Department: You Can Do More Than You Think (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series) (Paperback)

I found Managing a Small HRD Department a wonderful resource while a Regional HR Manager at ABB. Training is frequently the last function to be added to an HR shop and the function that is hardest to get one's hands around because of the depth and wealth of information available.McCoy's book does an excellent job focusing on the major topics and issues in a practical manner. I have given this book to several HR managers in businesses with developing HR shops that have hired me in a consulting capacity to assist them with developing a training/HRD function.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book has been my best friend on the job!, February 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Managing a Small HRD Department: You Can Do More Than You Think (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series) (Paperback)

Starting an HRD department in a smaller bank, I needed a resource to get me on track. The book is written in a conversational style with great examples of reality. It's a wonderful tool kit for someone in a company that didn't have a formal department previously, or who wants to pull the pieces together systematically. The information presented offers a foundation for an HRD dept. strategic plan, or one can utilize pieces that are relevant to their current situation. The charts and comparisons make good basic sense, even to untrained HR people who move within the organization as so often happens.

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, thorough, insightful book!, March 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Managing a Small HRD Department: You Can Do More Than You Think (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series) (Paperback)

I found Managing a Small HRD Department a wonderful resource while a Regional HR Manager at ABB. Training is frequently the last function to be added to an HR shop and the function that is hardest to get one's hands around because of the depth and wealth of information available.McCoy's book does an excellent job focusing on the major topics and issues in a practical manner. I have given this book to several HR managers in businesses with developing HR shops that have hired me in a consulting capacity to assist them with developing a training/HRD function.