Synopses & Reviews
This practical overview of current human resource knowledge addresses such crucial HR issues as retention of qualified staff, rising health-care costs, and appeasing a workforce that increasingly values flexible work arrangements. Included is valuable information for HR professionals at small or emerging companies, and senior HR professionals seeking to ensure that their activities are linked to their company's overall strategies and goals. Also included are “Lessons from the Trenches” vignettes presenting instructive and personal advice; 17 sample forms such as an “Application for Employment to Employee Counseling,” and an “Accident Investigation”; and 23 figures illustrating everything from “Factors Posing a Threat to Employee Retention” to “Types of Health Benefits Offered by Employers.” FAQs throughout the text relate advice from experienced HR consultants and practitioners. This replaces 093990696.
Synopsis
Providing the necessary information for designing a human resource function, this handbook presents easy-to-follow instructions for founding a reliable and productive employee-relations strategy. Sound advice on enhancing the management practices of any given organization is featured, covering how to comply with federal and state regulations that affect HR management as well as ways to make these rules work for any company. Answers to frequently asked questions and Lessons from the Trenches”based on real-world case studies that address the most pressing HR-related topics impacting businesses todayare also included.
About the Author
Lin Grensing-Pophal, SPHR, is the owner and CEO of Strategic Communications, LLC and a marketing and communication consultant with more than 20 years of experience in strategic marketing. She is the author of The Essentials of Corporate Communications and PR and Marketing With the End In Mind and the coauthor of Writing a Convincing Business Plan. She lives in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.