Evolving Practices in Human Resource Management

ALLEN I. KRAUT is an industrial/organizational psychologist. After directing personnel research at IBM for twenty-five years, he is now professor of management at City University of New York's Baruch College and president of Kraut Associates, a human resource consulting firm based in Rye, New York. ABRAHAM K. KORMAN is an eminent and widely published industrial/organizational psychologist and Wollman Distinguished Professor of Management at City University of New York's Baruch College.

• CHANGES IN THE WORLD OF WORK: SIGNS AND ROOT CAUSES. The "DELTA Forces" Causing Change in Human Resource Management. Motivation, Commitment, and the "New Contracts" Between Employers and Employees. SPECIFIC PRACTICE AREAS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. Is Job Analysis Dead, Misunderstood, or Both? New Forms of Work Analysis and Design. Recruitment and Selection: Benchmarking at the Millenium. Our Past, Present, and Future in Teams: The Role of Human Resource Professionals in Managing Team Performance. Performance Management: The Real Glue in Organizations. Personal and Career Development: The Best and Worst of Times. Leadership Development: Contemporary Practices. Building Room at the Top: Selecting Senior Executives Who Can Lead and Succeed in the New World of Work. Worker Participation: Current Promise, Future Prospects. Diversity: Lessons from Global Human Resource Practices. HELPING ORGANIZATIONS CHANGE: COPING WITH DOWNSIZING, MERGERS, REENGINEERING, AND REORGANIZATIONS. Organization Surveys: Coming of Age for a New Era. Is the Sky Really Falling? A View of the Future.

"The table of contents for Evolving Practices reads like a survival kit for HR executives. This book provides concrete advice on how to deal with the challenges facing senior HR executives. From recruitment to leadership development, it offers valuable and usable insights." (Donald J. Sacco, executive vice president of human resources, Bell Atlantic) "A very well done overview of the important issues faced by human resource management today. I highly recommAnd it." (Ed Lawler, director, Center for Effective Organizations)