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High Performance HR: Leveraging Human Resources for Competitive Advantage
Author(s): David S. Weiss (Author)
- Publisher: Jossey-Bass
- Publication Date: 16 Jun. 1999
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 336 pages
- ISBN-10: 0471643858
- ISBN-13: 9780471643852
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Editorial Reviews
Review
— Ron Guest, Vice President, Human Resources, BellCanada
“This book provides a valuable new way for HR professionals tothink about their work, their department, and how they can becomestrategic players in their organization. David Weiss’s examples andinsights include such gems as the ‘abandonment’ principle: how todelay, dump, distribute, or diminish low value-added HR work. Thatalone is worth the price of the book. But there are lots of otherjewels. Don’t miss this important new book– a must-read forthe forward-thinking HR professional.”
— Dr. Carol Beatty, Professor, Business School, Director,Industrial Relations Centre, Queen’s University
“Finally, a book that shows us how to build the HR function intoone that is truly valued as a strategic businiess partner– amust-read for all business leaders.”
— James Marchant, Vice President Human Resources, C-MACIndustries
“It is indeed refreshing to see a human resource book thatfocuses on external customers and treats human resources as abusiness and not just a staff function.”
— Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor ofMarketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
“It is brilliantly insightful. What I find so compelling aboutit is just how accurate a depiction it is of both HR reality and,hopefully, HR potential.”
— Lynn Evans, Vice President Human Resources, NortelNetworks
Review
— Ron Guest, Vice President, Human Resources, Bell Canada
“This book provides a valuable new way for HR professionals to think about their work, their department, and how they can become strategic players in their organization. David Weiss’s examples and insights include such gems as the ‘abandonment’ principle: how to delay, dump, distribute, or diminish low value-added HR work. That alone is worth the price of the book. But there are lots of other jewels. Don’t miss this important new book— a must-read for the forward-thinking HR professional.”
— Dr. Carol Beatty, Professor, Business School, Director, Industrial Relations Centre, Queen’s University
“Finally, a book that shows us how to build the HR function into one that is truly valued as a strategic businiess partner— a must-read for all business leaders.”
— James Marchant, Vice President Human Resources, C-MAC Industries
“It is indeed refreshing to see a human resource book that focuses on external customers and treats human resources as a business and not just a staff function.”
— Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
“It is brilliantly insightful. What I find so compelling about it is just how accurate a depiction it is of both HR reality and, hopefully, HR potential.”
— Lynn Evans, Vice President Human Resources, Nortel Networks
From the Inside Flap
- Describes how the HR function should be positioned for the future?as a strategic business partner, not simply as a service function.
- Provides a practical roadmap to align HR with the rest of the company in a common strategic direction, in order to deliver value to the external customer.
- Features questions and checklists that help assess the readiness of your company?s HR function to be a high performance department.
- Explains how HR can organize and streamline its “traditional” work, as well as how it can help to transform the entire company through strategic business processes such as cultivating a flexible culture, championing strategic alignment, implementing change and transition, and insuring return on investment in human capital.
- Defines clearly the expectations executives can and should have of their human resources leaders, an area that senior management often struggles with in assessing what the value should be from their HR function.
- Proposes an innovative organizational design that aligns HR with other internal service businesses in the organization, to help the company succeed.
- Gives HR professionals the concepts and practical strategies to revitalize their function and to deliver value to the company.
From the Back Cover
- Describes how the HR function should be positioned for the futureas a strategic business partner, not simply as a service function.
- Provides a practical roadmap to align HR with the rest of the company in a common strategic direction, in order to deliver value to the external customer.
- Features questions and checklists that help assess the readiness of your companys HR function to be a high performance department.
- Explains how HR can organize and streamline its “traditional” work, as well as how it can help to transform the entire company through strategic business processes such as cultivating a flexible culture, championing strategic alignment, implementing change and transition, and insuring return on investment in human capital.
- Defines clearly the expectations executives can and should have of their human resources leaders, an area that senior management often struggles with in assessing what the value should be from their HR function.
- Proposes an innovative organizational design that aligns HR with other internal service businesses in the organization, to help the company succeed.
- Gives HR professionals the concepts and practical strategies to revitalize their function and to deliver value to the company.
