Human Resources Books

And the fault is likely mine so 5 stars instead of 3 or less

My niece Chloe is a sophomore at Beaumont University near Dallas and wants to be a teacher. She had this book with her this summer while she worked on our farm. She kept talking about it continuously and praising it. So finally I borrowed it from her and started to read it. Only got about 1/3 through though because it bored me . . . I like raising crops and chickens not teaching. But the book does what is claims and shows a way of "initiating, conducting and measuring the effectiveness of an action learning process" (quoted from the editorial review that).

My only real complaint other than the boring subject matter (not its fault) is that it continuously mispells common words such as "center" as "centre" and color as "colour." This is very distracting and implies that the author (Annie Broodbark) are ignorant.

She should have spent a few bucks on a proof-reader or used spell-check!

ciao // gurkha

An easy read-not too daunting-compact in size and condensed information which doesn't allow the reader any excuse for procrastination. Encourages everyone to follow their dream and take 'Action' as the title suggests. Loved the quote from Mother Theresa...."Don't wait for leaders. Do it alone-person to person"

Business 8th Edition is more comprehensive than Business Essential by the same authors. This is the assigned text for our Intro. Business Class. Very readable and lots of illustrations and practical cases. A good textbook for beginning business major. Highly recommended.

Good source of interview questions for hiring people for growing small businesses. Example of question to ask for hiring Sales Rep, Graphics Designer, Multimedia Project Manager, Customer Service Rep, Programmer... etc.

This book is the best activity book that I'd ever used. You'll learn and have fun at the same time. A must read for anyone.

Recommendation: Buy

Seeing the obvious "people breakage" of past changes, the President of the company bought the book for the senior staff to read and discuss so we'll be more skilled in change management.

The model is simple and yet powerful. I found myself doing a self-examination and applying it at home with my children. It will take some time to master the techniques and I'm optimistic it will greatly assist us with future corporate changes.

It's my intention to put together a training program for the entire company as it will help everyone better face business and personal change.

It's about time that Cullen & D'Innocenzo brought their refreshing common sense and trademark motivational spirit to the topic of coaching. If you want tangible, on-the-mark tips to help you develop those intangible qualities we all recognize as true coaching, this is the book.

From the back of the book: A sound hiring system that helps you dodge mistakes. Assess the workplace and the job to come up with accurate job descriptions -- Chart the exact skills and abilities you need -- Cast a wide net to gather a pool of prospects -- Interview in ways that uncover both strengths and weaknesses -- Extend offers that snag the best people -- Avoid legal problems in hiring. Managers who hire "by the seat of their pants" get bogged down in personel problems.. Those who use the system this book provides, on the other hand, can eliminate those problems and create opportunity.

In The Agile Manager's Guide To Managing Change, Robert Ristino draws upon his expertise as a strategic communications specialist to provide the reader with the theory and tools necessary to handle the inevitable business and marketing changes evoked by our rapidly evolving global economy and technological advances. Ristino shows the corporate manager how to manage routine changes, radical and non-routine changes, understand and deal with the sense of loss in the workplace brought about by change, understand and overcome resistance to change, and turn the stresses that arising from change into productive energy. The Agile Manager's Guide To Managing Change is illuminating, informative, thought-provoking, useful, practical, reading for anyone charged with managerial responsibilities at any level, from line foreman to CEO.

Actually, there really aren't any other books on the subject of employee retention. There are a lot of books that talk about motivation, or benefits, and so on, but I haven't found a book that directly takes on the whole issue in a practical, well-reasoned manner. Until now.

This book is relatively brief (125 pages, you can read it on an airplane flight.) Despite its length, it packs a ton of wisdom, suggestions, tips and logic into its contents. Read this book you'll understand the employee's true perspective, the real needs and how to provide for them without breaking the bank. I especially like the ideas of how a small company can provide the same benefits as huge corporations. (There are also lots of other ways that a small company can compete with the giants for the very best employees.)

Like I said, this short book is tall on content. It is also a lot of fun to read. You'll enjoy Turner's wit and attitude; he really drives his points home.

This is a cracker-jack business book. You'll pick up a lot of insight for your ten bucks.