Analysis for Improving Performance
Tools for Diagnosing Organizations and Documenting Workplace Expertise, Second Edition
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Named “book of the year” by the Society for Human Resource Management and the International Society for Performance Improvement, this essential, practical, and complete guide enables managers to: • Assess an organization’s real business needs and the status of its supporting systems • Document and improve work processes • Analyze necessary worker skills, knowledge, and attitudes • Specify performance requirements and evaluation standards • Produce a viable and comprehensive performance improvement plan Paperback, 336 pages, ISBN 978-1-57675-341-5 |
Also by Thomas J. Chermack
Scenario Planning in Organizations
How to Create, Use, and Assess Scenarios
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Scenario planning enables the development of strategies for multiple futures, making organizations resilient, agile, and adaptive. Chermack’s comprehensive guide offers a thorough discussion of the method’s theoretical foundations and details a five-phase scenario planning system. He uses a real-world case study to illuminate the entire process—from project preparation to scenario exploration, development, implementation, and assessment. He provides techniques and tools for gathering and analyzing relevant data, structuring and managing projects, and avoiding common pitfalls. Paperback, 296 pages, ISBN 978-1-60509-413-7 |
By Richard A. Swanson and Elwood F. Holton III
Foundations of Human Resource Development
Second Edition
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This book provides a basic understanding of HRD models, processes, and history; critical theoretical and philosophical foundations of the field; learning and performance paradigms and models; HRD’s role in high-level organizational and systems-level issues; training and development and organization development; and much more. Swanson and Holton’s work is supplemented with contributions from Alexandre Ardichvili, Theo J. Bastiaens, Thomas J. Chermack, Richard W. Herling, K. Peter Kuchinke, Sharon S. Naquin, Wendy E. A. Ruona, Richard J. Torraco, Greg G. Wang, and Karen E. Watkins. Hardcover, 560 pages, ISBN 978-1-57675-496-2 |
Research in Organizations
Foundations and Methods of Inquiry
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Designed for use in graduate-level programs in business, management, organizational leadership, and human resource development, this comprehensive guide covers the theoretical foundations of various research methods, shows how to apply those methods in organizational settings, and examines the ethical conduct of research. It provides a holistic perspective, embracing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methodology approaches and illuminating them through numerous illustrative examples. Hardcover, 480 pages, ISBN 978-1-57675-314-9 |
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