Synopses & Reviews
A new set of major changes is reshaping the economy and creating challenges that are testing the mettle and talents of organizations and their employees. Unless organizations and their employees develop the requisite skills they need to cope with these challenges, many will become casualties of their own deficiencies. Keys to Employee Success in Coming DecadeS≪/i> seeks to prepare employees for future success in an increasingly demanding and competitive global environment. Sims, Veres, and their contributors are careful to focus on what employees at different levels in the organization will need to do to be successful in the twenty-first century.
Mastery of the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors discussed by the contributors in this book will lead to enhanced employee performance as the new decade approaches. The requirements for new employees or the redesigned employees is quickly changing. The organizations of tomorrow will expect employees who understand the importance of success; who welcome change and accept it, master it, and deliberately cause it. They are also employees who are proactive innovators, who confront constraints and the limitations on actions that they impose, who take risks and who continue to develop themselves professionally, technically, and personally. Written clearly, concisely, and with a minimum of academic jargon, the book will be important reading for specialists in human resource management, training and development, and others with critical responsibilities throughout the organization.
Synopsis
A penetrating examination of the skills and personal resources that people will need to do their jobs and to help their organizations succeed in an increasingly globalized and competitive world economy.
Synopsis
Major changes in the way work is done and how organizations operate in the new global economy demand that employees find and develop new strategies for managing their jobs and careers. Not only is this necessary for their own success, it is also necessary for the success of their organizations. Sims, Veres, and the contributors to this timely, provacative volume identify the forces that act on employees and provide concrete examples and advice on how employees can better understand and respond to change and how they can actually benefit from it. Written with the employee in mind, the book will be important for specialists in human resource management, training and development, and others throughout the organization who have critical responsibilities for its survival and growth.
About the Author
RONALD R. SIMS is the Floyd Dewey Gottwald Sr. Professor of Business Administration at the College of William and Mary, where he teaches organization behavior and human resource management.JOHN G. VERES III is Director of the Center for Business and Economic Development at Auburn University.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Succeeding in the Next Millenium: Three Skills Employees Must Possess by Ronald R. Sims, Sebrenia Sims, and John G. Veres III
Self-Directed Change and Learning as a Necessary Meta-Competency for Success and Effectiveness in the Twenty-First Century by Richard E. Boyatzis
Making Your Way in the Next Century: Taking the Career High Ground by Kenneth L. Murrell
Self-Directed Careers by R.M. Fulmer and Phillip A. Gibbs
The Telecommuting Life: Managing Boundary Issues at Work and at Home by GiGi Kelly and Karen Locke
Being Successful in Asia: How to Survive and Thrive by Mark Payne and Milano Reyna
Managing the New Future Manager: Individual and Organizational Perspectives by M. Ronald Buckley et al.
Foundations of Success: A Life History Approach to Women's Career Success by Ella L.J. Edmondson Bell and Stella M. Nkomo
Knowing Yourself: Who? Why? What? How? And When? by Diana Page
The Critical Role of Information Technology for Employee Success in the Coming Decade by Hsing K. Cheng
The New Employer-Employee Contract: A CEO's Perspective on Employer and Employee Success by Willy Donaldson
Staying Sane in an Ever-Changing World by William I. Sauser, Jr.
Keys to Employee Success: What Skills Are Really Important for Success in the Future? by John G. Veres III and Ronald R. Sims
Appendix
Index