Autore |
Coron Clotilde
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
London ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , [2020]
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (243 pages)
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Disciplina |
658.3
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Collana |
Innovation, entrepreneurship, management series. Technological innovations and human resources set
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Soggetto topico |
Personnel management
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ISBN |
1-119-72174-1
1-119-72175-X
1-119-72176-8
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I.1. The omnipresence of quantification in Western societies -- I.2. The specific challenges of human resources quantification: quantifying the human being -- I.3. HR quantification: effective solution or myth? Two lines of research -- I.4. The positioning of this work -- I.5. Structure of the book -- 1. From the Statisticalization of Labor to Human Resources Algorithms: The Different Uses of Quantification -- 1.1. Quantifying reality: quantifying individuals or positions
1.1.1. The statisticalization of individuals and work -- 1.1.2. Informing and justifying decisions concerning individuals -- 1.2. From reporting to HR data analysis -- 1.2.1. HR reports and dashboards: definitions and examples -- 1.2.2. HR analytics and statistical studies -- 1.3. Big Data and the use of HR algorithms -- 1.3.1. Big Data in HR: definitions and examples -- 1.3.2. The breaks introduced by Big Data in HR -- 2. Quantification and Decision-making -- 2.1. In search of objectivity -- 2.1.1. The myth of objective quantification -- 2.1.2. Limited objectivity
2.1.3. Objectivity, a central issue in HR -- 2.2. In search of personalization -- 2.2.1. Are we reaching the end of the positioning of statistics as a science of large numbers? -- 2.2.2. Personalization: a challenge for the HR function -- 2.3. In search of predictability -- 2.3.1. Are we heading toward a rise in predictability at the expense of understanding? -- 2.3.2. The predictive approach: an issue for the HR function -- 3. How are Quantified HR Management Tools Appropriated by Different Agents? -- 3.1. The different avatars of the link between managerial rationalization and quantification
3.1.1. Bureaucracy -- 3.1.2. New Public Management -- 3.1.3. Algorithmic management -- 3.2. Distrust of data collection and processing -- 3.2.1. Providing data, not such a harmless approach for employees -- 3.2.2. Can numbers be made to reflect whatever we like? -- 3.3. Distrust of a disembodied decision -- 3.3.1. Decisions made solely on the basis of figures -- 3.3.2. Decisions made solely by algorithms -- 4. What Effects are the Effects of Quantification on the Human Resources Function? -- 4.1. Quantification for HR policy evaluation? -- 4.1.1. Measuring the implementation of HR policies
4.1.2. Measuring the effects of HR policies -- 4.2. Quantifying in order to legitimize the HR function? -- 4.2.1. Measuring the performance of the HR function -- 4.2.2. Measuring the link between HR function performance and organizational performance -- 4.3. The quantification and risk of HR business automation -- 4.3.1. HR professions with a high risk of automation -- 4.3.2. Support for the employees concerned -- 5. The Ethical Issues of Quantification -- 5.1. Protection of personal data -- 5.1.1. Risks relating to personal data
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