Title:
Managing people in organizations : contemporary theory and practice
Author:
Adams, Jeremy, 1970-
ISBN:
9781403997968
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Publication Information:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
1. The changing economy, work practices, and culture -- 2. Work intensification, increasing health care, and other costs -- 3. The worker-friendly organization -- 4. Human resources practices and corporate profitability -- 5. Strategic principle, vision and mission -- 6. Innovation capability and the future -- 7. Psychological workplace environment -- 8. Skills training and stress management -- 9. Enhancing performance -- 10. Positive effects of workplace satisfaction and negative effects of withdrawal -- 11. Satisfaction, meaning, and happiness in the workplace -- 12. Managerial development and models -- 13. Transformational leadership and the benefits of leadership enhancement -- 14. Motivating employees -- 15. Communication, information, knowledge, and the learning organization -- 16. Learning and training in the workplace.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006047169-t.html