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- Cutting edge research spanning the research along with practical applications.
- Provides a clear set of benchmarks based on an established model and set of values that diagnose cultural and institutional problems in the readers' organization, offering practical solutions for improvements
Part of the book series: Palgrave Pocket Consultants (PAPC)
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'Tim Baker's latest book provides just the ticket for turning your organization into a great place to work.'
-Professor Marshall Goldsmith, author or editor of 34 books including the global bestsellers MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There
'Tim's book is a real joy: clearly written, nicely produced and very practical. He brings some fresh thinking to the all-important area.'
-Professor Adrian Furnham, University College London
'Tim Baker's insights in Attracting and Retaining Talent offer new ways of thinking about how employees relate to their organization. The ideas are fresh and forward thinking. The cases and tools are pragmatic and practical. This is an excellent book on how the organization of the future will match future employee expectations.'
-Professor Dave Ulrich, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan;Partner, the RBL Group
'Attracting and Retaining Talent is a very timely book that asks the critical questions, presents clear and concise guidance, and shares examples of where organizations are getting it right. It is a valuable field guide for every organization that wants to engage the new workforce in a highly meaningful way.'
-Jim Kouzes, co-author of the bestselling and award-winning book The Leadership Challenge; Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
'While many books have identified seismic shifts in the workplace, few haveidentified as clearly as Tim Baker the crucial need for organizations to rethink their relationships between management and employees. This important and accessible new book emphasizes the need for new values and cultures to enable organizations to innovate, adapt, and renew their focus on customers, and it provides clear, research-based and practical advice for managers and employees to meet this need.'
-Professor Peter Coaldrake, Vice-Chancellor, QUT
'Tim Baker explains why organizations must change old ways and shows how with the New Employment Relationship Model that offers practical and powerful approaches to flexibility, collaboration, customer focus, and performance orientation.'
-Aubrey Warren, Pacific Training & Development
'A highly recommended resource for business owners, human resource practitioners and managers. Tim Baker clearly articulates easy to follow and innovative guidelines on becoming an employer of choice.'
-Dr Vicky Browning, MBA Director, QUT Graduate School of Business
'The ideas and methods in Tim's book have been applied with sensational results in several organizations I have been involved with. Highly-recommended reading.'
-Dan McPherson, Executive Manager Organizational Development and Engagement, Lockyer Valley Regional Council
'Your suggestion of applying the research-based New Employment Relationship Model, which identifies eight values of the new psychological contractor employment relationship, is thought provoking.'
-Commissioner Ian Stewart, Queensland Police Service
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Attracting and Retaining Talent
Book Subtitle: Becoming an Employer of Choice
Authors: Tim Baker
Series Title: Palgrave Pocket Consultants
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137411754
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-41173-0Published: 23 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-41175-4Published: 23 May 2014
Series ISSN: 2947-6127
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6135
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 284
Topics: International Business, Human Resource Management, Innovation/Technology Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Management, Human Resource Development