Ultimate performance : measuring human resources at work / Nicholas C. Burkholder ; with Scott Golas and Jeremy Shapiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burkholder, Nicholas C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance--Measurement.

Performance.

Organizational effectiveness--Measurement.

Organizational effectiveness.

Employees--Rating of.

Employees.

Performance standards.

Strategic planning--Evaluation.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Meeting the challenges of high-performance HRUntil 1760 ships routinely disappeared, ran aground, or sank because seafarers could not measure longitude. The cost in life and property was immense. Today, business faces a similar challenge, as the failure to measure human resources performance is just as costly and deadly to modern organizations.Senior executives once considered HR a ""soft,"" unavoidable cost of doing business, responsible for compensation, employee transactions, company functions, workforce problems, and legal issues. Three factors changed this perception: the

Contents:

ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Imperatives of Metrics; Metrics of Business; Outsourcing: A Perfect Example; Organization Leaders Should Focus on Objectives, Not Strategy; More and Better Performance Metrics Must Be Developed; Chapter 2: A Path to Alignment; Demonstrating Alignment; Human Resources Accounting: Well Intentioned, but Not Well Received; Chapter 3: Supporting Human Capital Decision Making; Three Decision Maker Perspectives; The Role of Human Resources in Decision Support; Chapter 4: Employee Assets and Contribution; Human Capital and Production

Human Capital and Intellectual CapitalModeling Employee Contribution; The Incremental Employee Contribution Model; Chapter 5: Employee Contribution to Risk; Background; Categorizing Risks- Type and Source; Categorizing Risks- Frequency and Consequence; Categorizing Costs; Quantifying the Risk Profile; Quantifying Return; Chapter 6: The Employee Lifecycle- A Metrics Roadmap from the C-Level; Managing Through Metrics; The Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) versus Other C-Level Executives; Attract; Acquire; Develop; Utilize; Separate; Chapter 7: Missions, Objectives, and Metrics

Correlating Performance and GoalsWorking with Metrics to Evaluate Human Capital; The Human Capital Blueprint; Measuring Individual Human Capital Performance; Organizational Missions, Objectives and Metrics; HR Metrics Defined- Performance Diagnosed; Chapter 8: Measuring Staffing- A Better Approach to Hiring Metrics; New Hire Quality; Time; Hiring Manager Satisfaction; Recruiting Cost Ratio; Recruiting Efficiency; Case Study: Measuring New Hire Quality; Chapter 9: Beyond Hiring- Metrics for Employee Development and Retention; Introduction; Retention; Approaches to Development Metrics

Development and Retention Metrics: Getting StartedProposed Development Metrics; Approaches to Retention Metrics; Predictive Retention Metrics; Proposed Retention Metrics; Chapter 10: Succession Planning and Internal Mobility; Case Study- Internal Mobility at Harrah's Entertainment; Measuring the Supply Side (Employees); Demand Side = Succession Planning; Metrics Three, Four, Five, and Six: Succession Planning and Baby Boomer Retirement; Chapter 11: Current Measurement Practices- Lessons from the Field; Introduction; What Makes a Good Metric?; How Other Industries Measure

Certifications as BenchmarksTen Lessons from the Field; Chapter 12: Case Studies- Metrics in Action; Sherri Bliss: Program Manager, PacifiCare Health Systems; Metrics Help Intel Leap Ahead; Chapter 13: Human Capital and Organizational Performance; Leading-Lagging Indicator Relationships; The Matrix of Relationships; Measures of Meaning; Chapter 14: HR Outsourcing and Metrics; The Problem; The Failed Promise of Transformation; The Real Value; Integrated HR Outsourcing; Metrics Can Play a Pivotal Role in HR Outsourcing Success or Failure; What Is the Measure of Reward for Getting It Right?

Know Your Business- and Know Outsourcing

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.

ISBN:

9786610900237

9781119201625

1119201624

9781280900235

1280900237

9780470130551

0470130555

OCLC:

476071025