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Human Resources for Results

Author: Jeanne Goodrich Paula M. Singer

Rs. 725

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ISBN 9788170005681
Year of Publication 2009
Binding HardBound
Pages 174
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Language English
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Expanding on the highly effective PLA Results Series, Goodrich and Singer offer a strategic approach to the human resources (HR) function in the library. The book focuses on a variety of possible projects and how to staff them, allowing each library to decide where and when to focus its attention.
Align staff resources with what needs to be done.
Identify the right people for the right jobs and develop meaningful job description.
Create a high-performance workforce through performance. plans, coaching and evaluation.
Retain the best and brightest by creating a positive culture, designing expectations, and building commitment.
Packed with practical tools, this hands-on guide includes a familiar case study that illustrates how the information can be applied, along with twelve work forms to help collect and organize the data needed for making informed HR decision.

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Acknowledgments.
Introduction
Chapter 1 Strategic Human Resources
Chapter 2 Crate Alignment
Chapter 3 Describe the Job
Chapter 4 The Right Person for the Right Job
Chapter 5 Create a High- Performance workforce
Chapter 6 High- Impact Retention: Retaining the Best and the Brightest
Work forms
1 Committee Charge
2 Gap Analyses
3 Position Description Questionnaire
4 Job Description Template
5 Recruitment Process
6 Developing Interview Questions
7 Reference Check Form
8 Individual Performance Plan
9 Performance Evaluation Tool
10 Self-Evaluation
11 New Employee Orientation
12 Exit Interview Questionnaire

Jeanne Goodrirch is a consultant and trainer who specializes in public library planning, work and workflow analysis and data collection and analysis. Before going into consulting full-time, she was deputy director of the Multonmah County Library in Portland, Oregon. She has more than thirty five years of experience in public library management, including directing medium sized libraries and serving as deputy director for library development at a state library agency. she is the co-author of Staffing for Results: A Guide to working smarter (2002)

Paula M. Singer is the Principal Consultant of the singer Group, Inc., a firm specializing in compensation, leadership and human resources development, strategic planning, succession planning, and organization design. She has more than twenty year of experience as a consultant. She also teaches graduate classes in in organization development and strategic human resources at Johns Hopking University. Singer is the author of Developing a Compensation Plan for Your Library (2002) and a co-author of Winning with Library Leadership; Enhancing Services Through Connection, Contribution and Collaboration (2004) and Best Practices in Learning and Development (2004).

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