Transformative HR [[electronic resource] ] : how great companies use evidence-based change for sustainable advantage / / John W. Boudreau and Ravin Jesuthasan ; with Towers Watson ; with valuable assistance from David Creelman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781794003321
• Autore: Boudreau John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Wiley, 2011; San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-24656-2; 9786613246561; 1-118-10249-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Classificazione: BUS030000
• Altri autori (Persone): JesuthasanRavin
• Disciplina: 658.3
• Soggetti: Leadership; Organizational change; Personnel management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-241) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Transformative HR: How Great Companies Use Evidence-Based Change for Sustainable Advantage; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Promise of Evidence-Based Change; Part One: The Five Principles of Evidence-Based Change; 1. Information Overload or Persuasive Analytics?; 2. Where Are Your Pivotal Talent Segments?; 3. Risk: Is It Just a Four-Letter Word?; 4. Your HR Portfolio: Is It Less Than the Sum of Its Parts?; 5. ""Spreading Peanut Butter"" or Optimizing Investments?; Part Two: Six In-Depth Cases of Evidence-Based Change; 6. Royal Bank of Canada's HR Partnership; 7. Coca-Cola Combines Passion and Rigor 8. Khazanah Nasional's Pursuit of Nation Building; 9. IBM's Workforce Management Initiative; 10. Ameriprise Financial Reinvents Its HR Function; 11. Royal Bank of Scotland Proves People Matter; Conclusion: Reflections on What We've Learned; Appendix: Summary of Lessons Learned; References; About the Authors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Proven HR strategies that can have a real impact on organizational ; success This book demonstrates how some of the world's most admired and prominent organizations are redefining HR leadership by using evidence-based change to inform human capital decisions that optimize efficiency, effectiveness and strategic impact. The authors present the five foundational principles to the new HR decision science: Logic-driven analytics, segmentation, risk leverage, synergy and integration and optimization.Includes practical suggestions and approaches to help executives put the book's prin