Human Resource Development

Managing Live Innovation examines the innovation process from the line manager's perspective. This book identifies the skills needed to manage live 'real time' innovation in an environment where products and services are constantly refined, and where customer input is encouraged from an early stage...

Part of the "The New Skills Portfolio" series, this book links a range of core management skills and re-interpreting them to meet organizational needs. Aimed at managers in flat organizations, it shows you how to deal with increasingly scarce resources to maintain a high level of productivity...

Managing More with Less is an innovative book linking a range of core management skills and re-interpreting them to meet current organizational needs. Aimed at managers in flat organizations, this book shows you how to deal with increasingly scarce resources to maintain a high level of productivity...

This new second edition of 'Managing People' provides a practical approach to applying up-to-the-minute management techniques, and is a vital source of information for professionals in the hotel and catering industry responsible for personnel and training. Riley explores how aspects such as labour c..

Part of a series which are a set of workbooks to accompany the flexible learning programme specifically designed and developed by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) to support their Level 3 Certificate in First Line Management...

This is the first book which shows how the psychological contract can be used in practice. Michael Wellin reinterprets the psychological contract as something very tangible that exists between people at work and indicates how it can be used to increase business performance, improve employee commitme..

If change was a song it would be: 'Ready or not, here I come. You can’t hide...' But when change finds you, can you generate new ideas to meet its challenges? Enable the necessary staff commitment? What are your barriers to development? Managing Value in Organisations offers new ideas, starting by..

If change was a song it would be: 'Ready or not, here I come. You can’t hide...' But when change finds you, can you generate new ideas to meet its challenges? Enable the necessary staff commitment? What are your barriers to development? Managing Value in Organisations offers new ideas, starting by..

Meredith Belbin, best known for his work on teams, now considers the way in which continuing evolution has produced distinct patterns of behaviour for men and women. Examination of the key stages in the history of homo sapiens reveals* how very early human society was regulated not through power but..

Ian Linton’s book shows how to use modern marketing and communication techniques to increase current course uptake, win support for future activity and build long-term relationships with customers and trainees. The emphasis throughout is on the practical, with checklists, worked examples and case h..

Ian Linton’s book shows how to use modern marketing and communication techniques to increase current course uptake, win support for future activity and build long-term relationships with customers and trainees. The emphasis throughout is on the practical, with checklists, worked examples and case h..

Organizations with a diverse workforce will have a leading edge in the New World economy. 'Mentoring and Diversity' illustrates the importance of mentoring as a proactive tool in diversity initiatives, and demonstrates how mentoring can be used to recruit, develop and retain a diverse and innovative..