2011 IEEE Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139620403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : IEEE, 2011
• ISBN: 9781457709920; 1457709929; 9781457709913; 1457709910
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations
• Disciplina: 629.04
• Soggetti: Transportation engineering; Sustainable engineering; Traffic engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Best human resource management practices in Latin America / / edited by Anabella Davila and Marta M. Elvira

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954089203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009
• ISBN: 1-135-23977-0; 1-282-15118-5; 9786612151187; 0-203-86668-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Classificazione: 85.62
• Altri autori (Persone): DavilaAnabella; ElviraMarta M. <1965->
• Disciplina: 658.30098
• Soggetti: Personnel management - Latin America
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; 1 Best HRM practices in Latin America: An introduction; 2 Stakeholder management: The case of Aracruz Celulose in Brazil; 3 The strategic importance of close employment relations in conflict-ridden environments: Three cases from Colombia; 4 Stakeholders' perspective and strategic human resource management: Lessons from a Colombian case study; 5 Learning best human resource management practices from Spanish multinationals in Latin America: A case study of Telefónica; 6 Consistency of business strategy, post-acquisition integration, and management of people: Developing an HRM best practice7 Human resource practices and business performance: Grupo San Nicolás; 8 HRM systems in Mexico: The case of Novo Nordisk; 9 Performance management in knowledge-intensive firms: The case of CompuSoluciones in Mexico; 10 Walking the talk of safety in South America; 11 Executive staffing practices in US-Mexican joint ventures: A staffing model for IJV executives; 12 Western ethical theories and their relevance to HRM in Latin America; 13 Business schools in Latin America: Global players at last?14 ; Theoretical approaches to best HRM practices in Latin America; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Latin America today presents a dynamic but challenging business landscape. Although foreign investment in the region has risen, Asia's increasing role in the global economy is a challenge to Latin America's competitiveness. At the same time, Translatina firms - Latin American trans-national companies - continue to grow in capital and influence.This original collection explores the tensions between the strategic HRM policies demanded by global competition and local approaches rooted in Latin American cultural values. The book uses a selection of real-life case studies, plus qua