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Investing in People: Amazon's Description A Logical, Proven Framework for Understanding the Economic Value of Human Resources Investments (This books retails new at 140 NZD)

Investing in People equips you with practical guidance on selecting Human Resources investments that yield optimal strategic value. It also guides you on how to identify and eliminate investments that fall short. The book offers best-practice metrics and analysis techniques for talent management, performance management, health and wellness programs, and much more. Investing in People introduces a breakthrough approach to Human Resources (HR) measurement that systematically aligns HR investments with organizational goals and helps make HR the true strategic partner it needs to be. Wayne F. Cascio and John W. Boudreau show exactly how to choose, implement, and use metrics to improve decision-making, optimise organizational effectiveness, and maximise the value of HR investments.

You’ll master crucial foundational principles such as risk, return, and economies of scale–and use them to evaluate investments objectively in everything from work/life programs to training. Cascio and Boudreau also introduce powerful ways to integrate HR with enterprise strategy and budgeting and to gain commitment from business leaders outside the HR function.

Workforce Crisis -- How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skill and Talent Amazon's Description Unprecedented shifts in the age distribution and diversity of the global labour pool are underway. Within the decade, as the massive boomer generation begins to retire and fewer skilled workers are available to replace them, companies in industrialised markets will face a labour shortage and brain drain of dramatic proportions.