High Performance HR: Leveraging Human Resources for Competitive Advantage - Hardcover

Weiss, David S.

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9780471643852: High Performance HR: Leveraging Human Resources for Competitive Advantage

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ISBN 10: 0471643858 ISBN 13: 9780471643852

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1999

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A fresh perspective on the HR function, High Performance HRchallenges the traditional view of HR as a service function andreplaces it with a new vision of HR as an internal businessaccountable for the return on investment of essential corporateassets--people and organizational processes. HighPerformance HR not only challenges HR's traditional role,but also provides practical strategies for leveraging HR'srole, priorities, accountabilities, and organizational design.

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About the Author:

About the Author Dr. David Weiss is a Partner in the international human resources consulting firm of Geller, Shedletsky #38; Weiss. They specialize in providing consulting services in business strategy, organizational change, human resources development, management assessments, and career management. David Weiss has developed an extensive practice providing HR consulting and executive development to a wide range of clients throughout North America in many industries including telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and financial services. He specializes in redesigning human resource functions to provide strategic value to the company, facilitating senior executive strategic thinking processes and team building, realigning businesses to achieve customer focus, implementing national change management initiatives, and mediating conflicts in all aspects of employee management and customer relations to achieve effective solutions. David received his Doctorate from the University of Toronto and has two Masters degrees from Columbia University in New York. He is a Senior Fellow of the Industrial Relations Centre of Queen's University, a Past President of the Organizational Psychology Section of the Ontario Psychological Association, and an honored member of the International Who's Who of Professionals. He is a sought-after motivational speaker, trainer, and facilitator, and he is on the editorial board of the Canadian Learning Journal. He is the author of Beyond the Walls of Conflict: Mutual Gains Negotiating for Unions and Management. High Performance HR is his second book. More information about David and his firm is available at www.gswconsultants.com.

Review:

"This book clearly redefines the valuable role and impact HR can have in business. Particularly refreshing is the acknowledgment and definition of the link HR has with the external customer. I strongly recommend this book to all HR professionals considering a re-evaluation of their own HR function."
— Ron Guest, Vice President, Human Resources, Bell Canada

"This book provides a valuable new way for HR professionals to think about their work, their department, and how they can become strategic players in their organization. David Weiss's examples and insights include such gems as the 'abandonment' principle: how to delay, dump, distribute, or diminish low value-added HR work. That alone is worth the price of the book. But there are lots of other jewels. Don't miss this important new book— a must-read for the forward-thinking HR professional."
— Dr. Carol Beatty, Professor, Business School, Director, Industrial Relations Centre, Queen's University

"Finally, a book that shows us how to build the HR function into one that is truly valued as a strategic businiess partner— a must-read for all business leaders."
— James Marchant, Vice President Human Resources, C-MAC Industries

"It is indeed refreshing to see a human resource book that focuses on external customers and treats human resources as a business and not just a staff function."
— Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University

"It is brilliantly insightful. What I find so compelling about it is just how accurate a depiction it is of both HR reality and, hopefully, HR potential."
— Lynn Evans, Vice President Human Resources, Nortel Networks

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