03674nam 2200625 a 450 991045468090332120200520144314.01-135-23977-01-282-15118-597866121511870-203-86668-1(CKB)1000000000761961(EBL)432754(OCoLC)497849619(SSID)ssj0000335123(PQKBManifestationID)11233683(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335123(PQKBWorkID)10272497(PQKB)11777485(MiAaPQ)EBC432754(Au-PeEL)EBL432754(CaPaEBR)ebr10309786(CaONFJC)MIL215118(EXLCZ)99100000000076196120080124d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBest human resource management practices in Latin America[electronic resource] /edited by Anabella Davila and Marta M. ElviraLondon ;New York Routledge20091 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-40062-7 0-415-40060-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Telefónica6 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 America13 Business schools in Latin America: Global players at last?14 Theoretical approaches to best HRM practices in Latin America; IndexLatin 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 quaPersonnel managementLatin AmericaCase studiesElectronic books.Personnel management658.3009885.62bclDávila Anabella931225Elvira Marta M.1965-931226MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454680903321Best human resource management practices in Latin America2094852UNINA02738nam 2200673Ia 450 991078018630332120230607213500.0979-88-908740-0-90-8078-7506-6(CKB)111056486671330(EBL)413248(OCoLC)70744476(SSID)ssj0000695774(PQKBManifestationID)12240017(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695774(PQKBWorkID)10677559(PQKB)10836908(SSID)ssj0000176719(PQKBManifestationID)11177268(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176719(PQKBWorkID)10209611(PQKB)11217479(Au-PeEL)EBL413248(CaPaEBR)ebr10022620(OCoLC)559398197(MiAaPQ)EBC413248(EXLCZ)9911105648667133020010131d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImagining New England[electronic resource] explorations of regional identity from the pilgrims to the mid-twentieth century /Joseph A. ConfortiChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20011 online resource (400 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-4937-5 0-8078-2625-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-363) index.Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Founding Generation and the Creation of a New England; 2. From the Americanization to the Re-Angelicization of Regional Identity, 1660-1760; 3. Regionalism and Nationalism in the Early Republic; 4. Greater New England; 5. Old New England; 6. The North Country and Regional Identity; Epilogue; Notes; Index; An investigation of New England as a cultural invention, tracing the region's changing identity across more than three centuries. It incorporates insights from history, literature, art, culture and geography to show how generations of New Englanders created a powerful collective identity.RegionalismNew EnglandHistoryGroup identityNew EnglandHistoryNew EnglandCivilizationNew EnglandIntellectual lifeNew EnglandHistoriographyNew EnglandIn literatureRegionalismHistory.Group identityHistory.974Conforti Joseph A1477565MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780186303321Imagining New England3692774UNINA