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Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage


Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage

Hardback by Lawler, Edward E. (University of Southern California, Los Angeles); Ulrich, Dave (University of Michigan Business School)

Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage

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ISBN:
9780787998387
Publication Date:
20 May 2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Pages:
304 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 - 29 May 2024
Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage

Description

The source of competitive advantage has shifted in many organizations from reliability to innovation and flexibility. But what does it take for an organization that innovates to then manage effectively? In this follow-up to Built to Change, Ed Lawler argues that it is a combination of the right structure and the right people. First, organizations must decide what structure they are: are you a high-involvement organization that has products and services that require a high level of coordination and cooperation among employees? Or do you have a more global competitor structure in which you are constantly bringing in new talent and technological expertise? Are you a mixture of both? Lawler outlines the unique human capital strategy for each approach, shows what it looks like in action, and provides the foundation and tools for creating competitive and innovative organizations.

Contents

Foreword vii Dave Ulrich Preface xv 1 Talent Matters 1 2 Making the Right Management Choice 14 3 Designing Organizations 36 4 Managing Talent 63 5 Managing Performance 99 6 Information and Decision Making 126 7 Reinventing HR 151 8 Governing Corporations 175 9 Leading 196 10 Managing Change 220 Epilogue 237 Notes 243 References 255 The Author 261 Index 263

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