Achieving the Perfect Fit

Nick Boulter, Murray Dalziel, Ph.D., Jackie Hill

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9781136431111
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Tap the skills of your most vital resource—employees. This book shows you how to improve individual and organizational performance by aligning corporate strategy with the management of people. You will learn why some people are more successful than others and how that can work for your organization. Whatever your role---CEO, manager, or human resource professional---Achieving the Perfect Fit guides you in how your organization can use employee skills and talents to gain the competitive edge. This book shows you how to: Improve your competitive position Get the right people for the right job Relate pay to skills Manage cultural differences Develop the leaders of tomorrow An impressive team of international human resource management consultants provides you with new contributions and up-to-the-minute case studies. Attain business success through leveraging individual performance with Achieving the Perfect Fit. Tap the skills of your most vital resource—employees. This book shows you how to improve individual and organizational performance by aligning corporate strategy with the management of people. You will learn why some people are more successful than others and how that can work for your organization. Whatever your role---CEO, manager, or human resource professional---Achieving the Perfect Fit guides you in how your organization can use employee skills and talents to gain the competitive edge. This book shows you how to: *Improve your competitive position *Get the right people for the right job *Relate pay to skills *Manage cultural differences *Develop the leaders of tomorrow An impressive team of international human resource management consultants provides you with new contributions and up-to-the-minute case studies. Attain business success through leveraging individual performance with 'Achieving the Perfect Fit.'

Index

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A

Agricultural equipment industry case study of 111-113

Algorithms, competency, 64–66

American Society of Training and

Development, 91

Appraisals, annual 80

Aptitude test, 27–28

Armstrong, S., 91

Aspiration statement of Levi

Strauss, 119

Assessment

centers for, 113,115–116

technique, 109

Automotive industry

changes in, 3

B

Bank of Ireland

managers, 25

Banking industry

case study of, 106–108

changes in, 20–22

Behavior

changes in, 83

checklist of, 88

of employees, 83, 88

individual effectiveness of, 41

performance management and, 88

Behavioral event interview, 35, 62, 104–105

competency models, 36,55, 121–122

employee selection, 28–29

expert panels, 35

surveys, 36

Bible, quotation from

Daniel 5:5,43

Boyatzis, Richard E., 73

Burke-Litwin model, 22

Business Benefits Trail, 15,17–18 Business relationships, 48–49, 62–63

Buskirk, Carl von (Levi Strauss Europe president), 120

C

Capability, 5, 8,12

Career plans, 19

Case study

of agricultural equipment industry, 111–113

of banking industry, 106–108

of computer systems industry, 84–87

of construction equipment industry, 111–113

Change in organizations, 1–2. See also Organizational change. Chesterton, G.K., quoted, 27

Clarity

of thought, 15–16

of vision, 5, 8, 12

Coaching, 73–77

Coherence, 8

Commitment, 5, 8,12,44

Company performance

employees and, 13–14

managerial role and, 25

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Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Building Competitive Advantage Through People
• 2 Improving Organizational Performance: Aligning Corporate Strategy and the Management of People
• 3 Why Are Some People More Successful than Others?
• 4 Worldwide Leadership Differences
• 5 Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow at Unilever
• 6 Why Do Outside Experienced Hires Fail? A Case Study of Competency-basedAssessment and Selection
• 7 Managing for Motivation and Performance Improvement
• 8 Coaching In—Appraisal Out
• 9 Relating Pay to Competencies
• 10 Getting the Right People for the Job
• 11 How to Use Competencies in Assessment
• 12 Improving Management Competence at Levi Strauss
• Index