Paul G. Kaponya

The Human Resource Professional

Tactics and Strategies for Career Success

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This first of its kind book addresses the very special tactics, strategies, and modes of behavior the human resource management function demands of those who want to succeed in a field that faces a work environment ruled by rapidly-changing technology, increased domestic and global competition, and an ever-changing work force. Not a book you merely read, it is a handbook that you will use at every step in your career. Paul Kaponya takes you on the unique human resources career track, with a thorough, no-nonsense look at your success gradient as a human resource professional--the personal action steps, methods, and performance propellants that enhance the achievement every human resource professional wants. This is a comprehensive and practical career advancement guide offering new ideas, tactics, and strategies for handling developing changes; for overcoming managerial inertia; for making choices that enhance your career; for concentrating your personal efforts on new activities that will strengthen employer-employee relationships; for improving your organization's competitive position domestically and globally; for integrating your human resources activity with the total infrastructure; for helping you to face and handle the To-Get-Along-Go-Along syndrome; and for addressing opportunities for upgrading your personal performance. This comprehensive practical career guide is for everyone from the seasoned human resource verterans who wish to check the status of their careers to the college student interested in the career aspect of this challenging field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9780275937560
• ISBN-10: 0275937569
• Artikelnr.: 22151660

Autorenporträt

PAUL G. KAPONYA, currently a human resource management consultant, has served as Vice President for Industrial and Public Relations for ITT Cannon Electric Company and General Brewing Corporation. He is the author of How to Survive Your First 90 Days at a New Company and has contributed articles to Harvard Business Review, Personnel Journal, and the California Management Review.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface Introduction The Special Tactics and Strategies of the
Human Resource Professional Human Resources Today--Its Role in Your Career
Fast-Forward to the Future No Decision You Make is More Important Than
Choosing the Right Organization, Job, and Boss Integrate! You Don't Have to
Settle for Second Class Citizenship Helping the Organization Avoid Megabuck
Lawsuits You are Missing the Boat If Safety and Health Administration Is
Not On Your High-Priority List Handling the Coming Labor Supply Crunch--A
Dichotomous Career Challenge The Likability Factor Each Human Resource Pro
Faces the Same Challenge: How Do I Help the Organization Avoid Tugs-of-War
and Stay on Track? A Career Challenge-Opportunity in the Employee-Employer
Dyad: Putting All Employees on Salary Status When the Career Cadence Slows:
A Time for Introspection, Analysis, and Action Career Challenge: Marching
to a Different Drummer (Handling the To-Get-Along-Go-Along Syndrome) Does
the Female Human Resource Professional Need Special Tactics and Strategies?
Putting Your Achievements to the Test: Only a Direct Link to the Bottom
Line Is Acceptable Key Roles of the Human Resource Practitioner The Human
Resource Practitioner as a Beginner: Tactics and Strategies for Survival
and Success in the New Environment The Human Resource Practitioner as Chief
Baby-Sitter The Human Resource Practitioner as Coach, Trainer, and
Counselor The Human Resource Practitioner as Communicator The Human
Resource Practitioner as Listener The Human Resource Practitioner as
Diplomat and Politician The Human Resource Practitioner as a Professional
Bibliography Index