"The Business Literacy for HR Professionals Series" is a co-branded line of books developed jointly between HBSP and SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management). This series will help HR professionals to become more influential strategic partners in their organizations by educating them in the core principles, practices, and processes of business and management. The purpose of the series is to help HR professionals develop knowledge and skills related to, but outside, the HR domain in order to make more strategic contributions to their organizations. These books will help HR professionals "have a seat at the table" by becoming more proficient and literate in critical business and management arenas, such as finance, negotiation, strategy, change management, etc. SHRM is the world's largest professional association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 170,000 individual members, the Society's mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most essential and comprehensive resources available. This book offers strategies and tools that will enable HR professionals to work side by side with other senior executives to: assess the various approaches to change and determine the best strategy; prepare the organization and its employees for change; communicate information efficiently and effectively; reduce employee stress; and use consultants wisely.

Book News Annotation:

Drawing on content from Harvard Business School and the Society for Human Resource Management, this text offers human resource professionals a practical compilation of current information on change management. Coverage includes the accelerating forces of change faced by businesses today and the new role HR can play, change programs initiated by organizations, companywide and individual "change-readiness," a systematic eight-step approach for a successful change initiative, implementation of change management, employee responses and how HR personnel can help employees adapt to change, continuous change, unique challenges to HR personnel, and HR as change agent. Two appendices contain worksheets and checklists, and a primer on choosing change-management consultants and outplacement firms.

Synopsis:

Developed in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management to help HR managers master the fundamentals of all aspects of business and management. This book provides an overview of the various approaches to change management, provides assessments and tools for preparing employees and the organization for a change initiative and offers strategies for successfully managing the human and business aspects of the transformation as it rolls out.

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The Business Literacy for HR Professionals Series is a co-branded line of books developed jointly between HBSP and SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management). SHRM is the world’s largest professional association devoted to human resource management.

Book Dimension

Height (mm) 228 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Width (mm) 154